At the Death House Door

Kartemquin in the press

May 09, 2008

There's a flurry of press activity this morning in anticipation of the At the Death House Door Chicago premiere tomorrow. Read reviews in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times. Listen to an interview with the filmmakers on WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight, and read coverage in the Chicago Reader and on Gaper's Block.

Get your tickets now for Saturday!

May 07, 2008

Get your tickets now while they're still available for the Chicago premiere of At the Death House Door this Saturday! The film opens downtown at 8pm at the Siskel Film Center. If you can't make it for the premiere, the award-winning doc will continue to play the Siskel the remainder of the week.

The film has been generating significant press lately, including this piece on the Huffington Post.

At the Death House Door community screening

May 01, 2008

If you can't make the Chicago premiere of At the Death House Door during its run at the Siskel, you have another chance!

Kartemquin Films, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Illinois, the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, and The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council present...

Civic Cinema

At the Death House Door Screening and Discussion Wednesday, May 28

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM (doors open at 6:30)

Thorne Auditorium, Northwestern University School of Law

375 East Chicago Avenue

This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are required. Email events@prairie.org or call 312-422-5580.

After the screening, there will be a discussion featuring Pickett, Chicago Tribune reporter Steve Mills, filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert, Ed Yohnka of the ACLU of Illinois, and Rob Warden, Executive Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. At the Death House Door tells the story of Rev. Carroll Pickett, who served 15 years as the death house chaplain to the infamous "Walls" prison unit in Huntsville, Texas and presided over 95 executions, including the world‚s first lethal injection. The film particularly focuses on how Pickett was affected by Carlos De Luna, one of the inmates he counseled and who is now widely-regarded as wrongfully convicted˜based on evidence uncovered by Chicago Tribune reporters Steve Mills and Maurice Possley. It is a film about of the failures of the criminal justice system; about one man‚s spiritual and moral journey; and how this very final act of punishment does not bring closure.

Additionally, The Documentary Channel Blog recently covered the film. Read the post.

At the Death House Door heads to Baltimore

April 29, 2008

Get your tickets now for the Baltimore premiere of At the Death House Door at the Maryland Film Festival, May 2nd. The film will screen again at the festival on May 4th.

At the Death House Door Chicago premiere tickets now available

April 28, 2008

Get your tickets now for the Chicago premiere of Kartemquin's latest, At the Death House Door, at the Gene Siskel Film Center at 8pm. Filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert will be in attendance.

The premiere has started to generate press coverage.

Catch At the Death House Door in Boston tonight

April 27, 2008

Come to the New England premiere of At the Death House Door at the Independent Film Festival in Boston today and tomorrow. Get tickets.

At the Death House Door wins again!

April 21, 2008

Kartemquin is excited to announce that At the Death House Door won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 2008 Atlanta Film Festival. Congratulations to the filmmakers!

Save the dates! At the Death House Door Chicago premiere

April 15, 2008

Kartemquin is excited to announce that fresh from the festival circuit, At the Death House Door will premiere in downtown Chicago with a week-long run at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Join filmmakers Steve James, Peter Gilbert and Gordon Quinn for the Chicago premiere and discussion following, at 8:00pm May 10th.

Stay tuned for news of future Chicago screenings around the city.

At the Death House Door in Sarasota

April 11, 2008

Kartemquin's Peter Gilbert will be at the Sarasota Film Festival this weekend for screenings of At the Death House Door. The documentary is screening this afternoon as well as on Sunday evening at 5:15pm.

At the Death House Door to screen in the Twin Cities

April 09, 2008

Kartemquin's At the Death House Door will screen on Friday, April 18th as a part of the Minneapolis / St. Paul International Film Festival. Get tickets now.

Gilbert and James honored at IMAGE film awards gala

April 08, 2008

Kartemquin's Steve James and Peter Gilbert are being honored this evening at the 2008 IMAGE film awards gala in Atlanta for their recent work on At the Death House Door, in addition to their past film works. Congratulations to the duo!

Kartemquin wins at Full Frame

April 06, 2008

Kartemquin's recent doc, At the Death House Door, was awarded the "Inspiration Award" at this year's Full Frame documentary festival in Durham, NC. Filmmakers Steve James, Peter Gilbert, Gordon Quinn and Aaron Wickenden attended the festival on behalf of the film.

Kartemquin at Full Frame this weekend!

April 03, 2008

There's a flurry of Kartemquin activity at this year's Full Frame Film Festival in North Carolina starting tomorrow morning! Kartemquin's award-winning 2004 series The New Americans is screening in segments beginning tomorrow morning at 10:45. Then, fresh from SXSW and the Dallas Film Fest, At the Death House Door is screening at 7:15pm Friday night. Lastly, Erik Weihenmayer, one of the subject's of Kartemquin's Vietnam Long Time Coming, is the focus of Blindsight, a film about a group of Blind Tibetans scaling Mt. Everest.

Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn, Steve James, Peter Gilbert and Aaron Wickenden are attending the festival to represent the films.

Save the date- Chicago premiere of At the Death House Door

March 19, 2008

Kartemquin's recent festival hit, At the Death House Door, will have its Chicago premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Saturday night May 10th. Filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert will be in attendance.

At the Death House Door plays Canada

March 18, 2008

Kartemquin is excited to announce that At the Death House Door will be screening at Hot Docs, Canada's premiere documentary festival. Get tickets for April 23rd or April 24th.

Kartemquin and the Educational Writers Conference

March 17, 2008

Kartemquin's Steve James will give the keynote address at the National Education Writers Association Annual Seminar in Chicago on April 24th. In addition to his remarks, he will also show clips from At the Death House Door.

IFC interviews Steve James & Peter Gilbert

March 12, 2008

Check out IFC's new "Lunchbox" feature where bloggers interview filmmakers about a variety of topics. To help kick-off the initiative, Kartemquin's Peter Gilbert and Steve James are featured (March 12th edition) talking at SXSW about At the Death House Door.

Kartemquin's SXSW premiere

March 11, 2008

At the Death House Door premiered to a sold-out house at the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin on Sunday at SXSW. The enthusiastic crowd of over 600 gave two standing ovations to the filmmakers and the film's star, Reverend Pickett, from the main floor and the balcony.

Read press coverage in the Chicago Sun Times, Salon, Reuters and The Hollywood Reporter.

Read audience responses and interviews on local blogs.

At the Death House Door in Texas

March 07, 2008

Kartemquin is excited about At the Death House Door's upcoming world premiere at SXSW in Austin on Sunday. The premiere and the several related community events and screenings in the days following are generating significant buzz in the lone-star state. Read coverage in the Austin Chronicle.

Kartemquin at the Texas Capitol

February 15, 2008

Clips from Kartemquin's At the Death House Door will be featured at a special hearing on Capital Punishment at the Texas State Capitol on March 5th. Join us for this discussion with lawmakers, scholars, activists and the filmmakers themselves.

The film is also screening at the Austin Community Center on Wednesday March 12th at 1pm. More details to come!

Kartemquin premieres at SXSW - new update!

February 13, 2008

Kartemquin is thrilled to announce that At the Death House Door, by Steve James and Peter Gilbert, is going to premiere at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival. It's going to be a great fest! The film will have its world premiere at the Paramount theatre in Austin, March 9th at 4pm.

Also, in exciting news, the film will also screen at Full Frame in Durham, North Carolina in early April. We are excited to be a part of this prestigious documentary festival. Details to come!

At the Death House Door hits more festivals

February 06, 2008

Kartemquin's upcoming release, At the Death House Door, is filling up its spring festival calendar. The film has been officially accepted into competition at the 2008 Independent Film Festival of Boston which will be held April 23-29. It will also screen as a part of the 39th Nashville Film Festival, presented by Regal Cinemas, April 17-24, 2008.

Kartemquin and The Academy

June 20, 2007

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.

Kartemquin and the Olympics

June 17, 2007

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 Olympic dreams. Watch the video.

Read the coverage.

Watch an interview with Steve.

Kartemquin/IFC film collaboration in the Hollywood Reporter

December 21, 2006

At the Death House Door, a new Kartemquin work by Steve James and Peter Gilbert, was recently mentioned in the Hollywood Reporter. The documentary is being produced by Kartemquin for the Independent Film Channel. Read the description.