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Milking the Rhino on the web

May 2, 2008
Learn more about the status of Kartemquin's work-in-progress, Milking the Rhino, by visiting their blog and myspace page. (continued …)

Golub: Late Works in Hot Springs

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin is excited to announce that Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes is screening as a part of the 2007 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival on October 24th and 26th. Filmmaker Jerry Blumenthal will be in attendance at the screening on the (continued …)

Golub: Late Works in Atlanta

May 2, 2008
The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center is showing Kartemquin's 2004 documentary, Golub: Late Works Art the Catastrophes, on Saturday October 27th as a part of their fall film series. Admission is free for museum members, and $5 for the public. Get more (continued …)

Terra Incognita in New Orleans

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's stem cell doc, Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita, is going to screen in New Orleans on Sunday night, November 4th at 6:30pm as a part of Independent Lens' Community Cinema program. Get more information. New Orleans November 4 (continued …)

Media + Health + Grants

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Director of Development, Joanna Rudnick, is speaking today with John Bracken from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at an event held by Grantmakers In Health called "The Art & Science of Health Grantmaking." Joanna (continued …)

Kartemquin and ABC Nightline tonight

May 2, 2008
Last night's report on ABC's Nightline, which followed multiple generations of the Davis family dealing with the BRCA mutation, featured a scene from In the Family. Last summer, Joanna filmed with two of the members of the Davis family, Jeff and (continued …)

Blumenthal's quote, quoted

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Jerry Blumenthal's letter to the editor at The Nation Magazine this past February was quoted, along with several references to Kartemquin's documentary, Golub: Late Works are the Catastrophes, in a recent article in Monthly Review (continued …)

Terra Incognita wins again

May 2, 2008
At an awards ceremony in Chicago on Sunday, Kartemquin's stem cell doc, Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita, was awarded a Gold Hugo called "The Chicago Award" by the Chicago International Film Festival. Festival Competitions Coordinator (continued …)

Kartemquin in the community

May 2, 2008
Justine Nagan will represent Kartemquin at this year's NAMAC conference in Austin, TX this week. The bi-annual conference brings together film, video and multimedia arts organizations for several days of panels, discussions and meetings on current (continued …)

Simpson in Session

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin Filmmaker, David E. Simpson, participated in the ITVS session during day 3 of the IFP Chicago Midwest Filmmaker Summit on Sunday. Simpson sat with Naomi Walker from ITVS and discussed his related experiences on his past film Refrigerator (continued …)

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