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Milking the Rhino Work-In-Progress DVD is complete

September 18, 2006
A new DVD which contains 88 minutes of rough-cut material is now finished. The disk is comprised of 11 stand-alone scenes from Namibia and Kenya as well as a short demo for the film. Director David E. Simpson edited the material with assistance from (continued …)

Milking the Rhino holds successful fundraiser in Santa Fe

September 18, 2006
On Sunday, May 21, 2006 a fundraiser for Milking the Rhino...and Other Tales of Community Conservation was held at Gabriel’s Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Thirty-two artists from the USA, Europe, Canada, Australia, Africa, and the island of (continued …)

Milking the Rhino crew returns from Africa

September 18, 2006
After a successful production trip to Namibia and Kenya, Milking the Rhino...and Other Tales of Community Conservation is now three-quarters of the way to being "in-the-can." 67 hours of HighDef footage (Panasonic Varicam, 16×) was shot by cameraman (continued …)

Judge Joanna

September 5, 2006
Joanna Rudnick recently participated as a judge for the 2006 Third Coast Audio Music Festival at WBEZ in Chicago. For more information on Third Coast. More information (continued …)

Another Golub: Late Works festival appearance this fall!

August 23, 2006
Golub: Late Works are the Catastrophes has been chosen as an early selection into the 12th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival. Cucalorus 12 will be held November 8-11, 2006 in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. For more information, please visit the (continued …)

Gordon Quinn and Jerry Blumenthal honored at local annual benefit

August 6, 2006
Last night, the Southwest Youth Collaborative honored Gordon and Jerry for the power of their films in the community at an event at the Hot House. The Southwest Youth Collaborative is a joint venture of South/Southwest side Chicago youth and (continued …)

Judy Hoffman presents "Teaching with Documentaries: The Opposite of Sound Bites"

August 6, 2006
Long-time Kartemquin Associate Judy Hoffman is conducting a seminar for teachers on the power of using documentary as a tool in the classroom as a part of Cinema/Chicago’s Teachers Institute on Wednesday August 16th. More information (continued …)

Hoop Dreams PR consultant in transition

August 6, 2006
Check out Gordon Quinn's quote about John Iltis and his great work on Hoop Dreams in this week's Chicago Reader. (continued …)

Historic Kartemquin labor films now on DVD

July 31, 2006
Kartemquin Films and Facets are proud of the recent Labor Stories DVD release. The DVD contains Kartemquin classics, What's Happening at Local 70?, UE Wells and HSA Strike, in addition to a collective booklet with information about the works. For (continued …)

Production on In the Family continues

July 31, 2006
In the Family spent the last week of June filming in Washington DC. On June 27, Joanna presented a sample of the film to the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS), a division of the National Institutes of Health ( (continued …)

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