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Kartemquin on WTTW

May 2, 2008
Watch WTTW's Chicago Tonight at 7pm this evening to see a discussion with Kartemquin President Gordon Quinn and Board Member Peter Gilbert about Kartemquin's current works-in-progress and their recent MacArthur Award. Then, tune-in to Chicago (continued …)

Kartemquin conference opener

May 2, 2008
In the Family Director/Producer Joanna Rudnick is opening the 2007 Genetic Alliance Conference this July with a presentation about her experience living with a high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer and making a film about it. Read more (continued …)

Gordon on the Cultural Commons at MIT

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's President, Gordon Quinn, is speaking on a panel at this weekend's international "MIT5: Creativity, Ownership and Collaboration in the Digital Age" conference in Boston. His panel will address issues of copyright, fair use and the (continued …)

You're invited to the Chicago-area premiere of Terra Incognita

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin is excited to announce details of the Chicago-area premiere of its latest documentary, Terra Incognita: The Promise and Peril of Stem Cell Research, directed by Maria Finitzo. Two local events are planned for May 10th at Thorne Auditorium (continued …)

Kartemquin in class

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Director of Communications Justine Nagan visited a documentary class at Columbia College yesterday and spoke with students about her experiences at Kartemquin and in the field of documentary. She gave feedback to the class about (continued …)

Kartemquin's Judy Hoffman at Tribeca

May 2, 2008
Long-time Kartemquin associate Judy Hoffman will be at the Tribeca Film Festival, to support Albert Maysles' latest film, "The Gates," for which she was one of the Cinematographers. The documentary was selected for the closing film of this year's (continued …)

Kartemquin mentors emerging doc talent

May 2, 2008
This weekend, Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn and Joanna Rudnick participated as mentors at the "Doing your Doc: Diverse Visions, Regional Voices" workshop sponsored by NALIP, LPB, the NEA, Columbia College and the IFP/Chicago. Gordon and Joanna met (continued …)

Kartemquin labor classic screens May 5th

May 2, 2008
Join us for a screening of Kartemquin's labor documentary, UE/Wells this Saturday night at 7:00pm at the New World Resource Center in Chicago. Following the film, there will be a discussion with the filmmakers and several union organizers from the (continued …)

Listen to Gordon's MIT panel on fair use

May 2, 2008
Listen to a podcast of the Cultural Commons and Fair Use panel that Kartemquin's President Gordon Quinn, and Board Member Pat Aufderheide participated in at last week's international conference at MIT. (continued …)

Typeface awarded first big grant from the IHC

May 2, 2008
Typeface, a new Kartemquin documentary by Justine Nagan, received a $10,000 grant from the Illinois Humanities Council for continued production on the film. (continued …)

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