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Jerry Blumenthal in "Encore"

November 13, 2006
Jerry Blumenthal was recently interviewed about Golub: Late Works to coincide with the doc's screening at the Cucalorous Film Fest. Read the article (continued …)

Kartemquin, paneled.

October 30, 2006
Kartemquin was represented at the IFP Chicago Midwest Filmmakers Summit this past weekend by Gordon Quinn and Jim Morrissette. Gordon moderated a panel entitled, "Docs in Chicago: Nice Bombs, Case Study" with the director and producers of this (continued …)

In the Family in the news

October 30, 2006
In the Family filmmaker Joanna Rudnick was interviewed in the October 22 Chicago Tribune about young women confronting the BRCA mutation. "How an individual woman experiences it is influenced by her family, her history, her place in life and her (continued …)

Kartemquin joins The Archimedia Workshop to begin production on Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

October 23, 2006
The Archimedia Workshop and Kartemquin Educational Films announced their partnership to produce the first documentary film for national television broadcast about the life and legacy of noted architect and urban planner Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846- (continued …)

Kartemquin Preserved!

October 5, 2006
Kartemquin Films is excited to be the recipient of a 2006 Partnership grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation to preserve its founding film, Home for Life. This grant, totaling over $11,500 in in-kind services and cash funds, will allow (continued …)

Tune in this Friday!

October 5, 2006
Howard Reich will appear on WTTW - Channel 11’s “Friday Night with John Callawayâ at 7:30 pm on Friday, September 29th to discuss his recent book about his mother as well as Kartemquin’s forthcoming film on the same subject, Prisoner of Her Past. (continued …)

Hear Gordon talk about Fair Use

October 5, 2006
Gordon traveled to Paris in June to speak at the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue conference on "New Relationships Between Creative Communities and Consumers". He gave a presentation on the issue of fair use in documentaries. You can listen to his (continued …)

Kartemquin in Moderation

September 18, 2006
Kartemquin Director of Communications Justine Nagan recently introduced and moderated a discussion with documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick at an Illinois Humanities Council screening of Dick’s latest film, This Film is Not Yet Rated. The August 31st (continued …)

Kartemquin’s Peter Gilbert on Turner Classic Movies

September 18, 2006
Beginning tonight at 7pm and 10pm, There’s No Place Like Home a short film Peter made with Susanne Suffredin will be on Turner Classic Movies. It is an eight minute piece about Peter’s mother’s state of mind and her love of old movies. It will be (continued …)

Milking the Rhino receives grant from the Illinois Arts Council

September 18, 2006
The Illinois Arts Council has awarded Kartemquin Educational Films a grant of $14,270.00 from State funds for support of the feature length documentary: Milking the Rhino...and Other Tales of Community Conservation. Each Kartemquin project employs (continued …)

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