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Hoop Dreams Ranked #1 By International Documentary Association

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin is thrilled to announce that its 1994 Academy-Award nominated film, Hoop Dreams, received the top ranking in a list released today by the International Documentary Association (IDA). Director Steve James responded to the honor, ""I am (continued …)

In the Family subject in Chicago Magazine

May 2, 2008
Martha Haley, one of the women featured in In the Family, is profiled in October's Chicago Magazine. Martha is speaking out against the racial inequalities in breast cancer mortality rates: "These are mothers and sisters who have value in the (continued …)

Vietnam: Long Time Coming and filmmaker Gordon Quinn help kick-off first annual Geneva Film Fest

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin Films' Gordon Quinn has agreed to help kick-off the first annual Geneva Illinois Film Festival by conducting a master class, following a public screening of the Emmy-Award winning film, Vietnam: Long Time Coming, on Saturday October 27. (continued …)

Tickets now on sale for Home for Life

May 2, 2008
Tickets are now on sale for the premiere screening of the new restored film print of Kartemquin's first film, Home for Life, on November 10th at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. Buy your tickets. (continued …)

Terra Incognita to screen in Milwaukee

May 2, 2008
Please join us in Milwaukee for a free screening of our stem cell doc, Terra Incognita, on November 7. Director/Producer Maria Finitzo and Associate Producer Justine Nagan will attend the event. Get more information. (continued …)

Hoop Dreams for kids

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's classic, Hoop Dreams, was recently featured in an article in the Charlotte Observer as a great summer film for kids. (continued …)

Is Hoop Dreams your favorite movie?

May 2, 2008
If it is, vote for it as AFI compiles a list of America's favorite movies. (continued …)

Typeface benefit a huge success

May 2, 2008
Last Friday, over 150 graphic design and film enthusiasts gathered in the gallery at The Center for Book and Paper Arts in Chicago to raise production funds for Kartemquin's work-in-progress. Guests enjoyed live blue-grass music, desserts from MJ (continued …)

Kartemquin and The Academy

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Steve James has been invited to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This September Steve, and the 114 other 2007 inductees, will be welcomed in at an invitation-only ceremony in Los Angeles. (continued …)

Terra Incognita on TV

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin is excited to announce that Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita, will broadcast nationally on the PBS series, Independent Lens, on January 15th, 2008. Please note the date change and mark your calendars! Read the full schedule. (continued …)

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