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Vietnam DVD in "Movie City News"

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's recent DVD release of Vietnam Long Time Coming was covered in "Movie City News." Check it out. (continued …)

Reminder- Terra Incognita screening this Saturday!

May 2, 2008
For those of you in Chicago who haven't yet had a chance to see Kartemquin's latest release, Terra Incognita, you're in luck! The film is screening this Saturday at the Chicago Cultural Center as a part of Independent Lens' Community Cinema program (continued …)

Kartemquin and the Olympics

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Steve James recently worked with Leo Burnett and Nonfiction spots to create a short film for the Chicago Olympic Committee. "Stories" follows a group of young, Chicago athletes as they pursue the training necessary to pursue their 2016 (continued …)

Gordon in Geneva

May 2, 2008
A reminder that Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn will be opening the first annual Geneva Film Festival in Geneva, IL with a screening of Vietnam, Long Time Coming and a master class this Saturday October 27th. Get more information. The event is a weekend (continued …)

Terra Incognita screens again in Chicago area

May 2, 2008
Join the members of Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evanston, IL, this Sunday at 10am for a screening of Kartemquin's Terra Incognita, followed by a discussion with Dr. Jack Kessler and Dr. Lori Zoloth from the film. The screening is free and open (continued …)

Terra Incognita wins Accolade

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's stem cell doc, Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita, won an "Award of Excellence" Accolade in the feature independent documentary category of this year's awards. The Accolades are a national competition "honoring outstanding (continued …)

Kartemquin on set

May 2, 2008
Long time Kartemquin Associate, Peter Kuttner, is featured in a photo in today's Chicago Sun Times in an article about CSI episodes currently shooting in town. Peter is sporting a Kartemquin hat and is hard at work on set. Buy your hat in time for (continued …)

Kartemquin and Reel Exchange

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Justine Nagan participated on a panel of film professionals at Columbia College's "Reel Exchange: Directing" session yesterday afternoon. Columbia describe's their RE program as: "Film professionals will join directing students in a (continued …)

Home for Life screening sells out!

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin was thrilled to premiere the new restored 16mm print of its founding film, Home for Life, at a sold-out screening Saturday night at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. At a pre-screening reception, friends of Kartemquin mingled with (continued …)

Oak Park screens Kartemquin for Veterans' Day

May 2, 2008
Filmmaker Gordon Quinn led an emotional discussion yesterday afternoon, following a screening of Kartemquin's Emmy-Award winning film, Vietnam: Long Time Coming at the Oak Park Public Library. The Library screened the film as a part of its day-long (continued …)

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