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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 …)

Filmmaker still finds influence in Stevie

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's film Stevie was recently featured in a Media Rights' feature on filmmaker Jennifer Fox's filmmaking influences. Read the article. (continued …)

Stumped interview with Steve James

May 2, 2008
Stumped Magazine recently interviewed Kartemquin's Steve James. Read the story. (continued …)

Stevie screening in Chicago

May 2, 2008
Join us for a free screening of Kartemquin's award-winning documentary, Stevie, on Thursday, November 1st as a part of the Human Rights Film Series at the University of Chicago. Filmmaker Steve James will be there in person for a Q & A after the (continued …)

Terra Incognita screens at the Chicago International Film Fest

May 2, 2008
Buy your tickets now for Terra Incognita's North American Festival premiere. Each screening followed by a Q & A session with Director Maria Finitzo. See Kartemquin's latest on the big screen: Saturday, October 6 - 4:15pm - Landmark Century (continued …)

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