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Typeface granted again

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin is excited to announce that the Illinois Arts Council has awarded Typeface with a $10,200 grant for continued production. We are so grateful. (continued …)

Kartemquin's SXSW premiere

May 2, 2008
At the Death House Door premiered to a sold-out house at the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin on Sunday at SXSW. The enthusiastic crowd of over 600 gave two standing ovations to the filmmakers and the film's star, Reverend Pickett, from the main (continued …)

Kartemquin and IFP Doc-u-mania

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Joanna Rudnick will be participating in a proposal workshop with ITVS's Richard Saiz as a part of IFP Chicago's Doc-u-mania producer's series. They'll be using In the Family as a case study for discussion. (continued …)

IFC interviews Steve James & Peter Gilbert

May 2, 2008
Check out IFC's new "Lunchbox" feature where bloggers interview filmmakers about a variety of topics. To help kick-off the initiative, Kartemquin's Peter Gilbert and Steve James are featured (March 12th edition) talking at SXSW about At the Death (continued …)

Kartemquin and the Educational Writers Conference

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Steve James will give the keynote address at the National Education Writers Association Annual Seminar in Chicago on April 24th. In addition to his remarks, he will also show clips from At the Death House Door. (continued …)

Prisoner of Her Past at the Pritzker

May 2, 2008
Howard Reich will discuss his mother's story and screen clips from Kartemquin's documentary in progress, Prisoner of Her Past at the Pritzker Military Library on March 31st. The interview and live webcast start at 6:00pm. The event is free and open (continued …)

Northwestern University at Kartemquin

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn and Justine Nagan hosted a graduate class in Ethnographic documentary from Northwestern University earlier this afternoon. The class, led by professor Hamid Naficy, discussed Kartemquin's history and watched clips from a (continued …)

At the Death House Door plays Canada

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin is excited to announce that At the Death House Door will be screening atHot Docs, Canada's premiere documentary festival. Get tickets for April 23rd or April 24th. (continued …)

Local Stevie screening a huge success

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Stevie screened to an enthusiastic crowd of over 150 people yesterday at the Lake Theatre in Oak Park, IL as part of a two-year mental health initiative going on in the community. A lively discussion followed the screening. (continued …)

Inquiring Nuns on WGN

May 2, 2008
Tune in Friday morning to the WGN morning news at 7:45am in Chicago, to see an interview with Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn and former Inquiring Nun Kathleen Westling, as well as clips from the 1968 Kartemquin Film, Inquiring Nuns. The documentary was (continued …)

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