Kartemquin News

Kartemquin participates in 1968 Retrospective

2008-08-05T12:11:20-07:00

Three Kartemquin films will be featured in Facets’ 40 Years After: Filming the ‘68 Revolution retrospective taking place in Chicago August 22-28. Hum 255, Trick Bag and Thumbs Down will all screen over the course of the week. Get the details.

_Hoop Dreams_ in Mental Floss

2008-08-05T11:48:28-07:00

Read a recent review of Kartemquin’s classic Hoop Dreams in the latest edition of the Mental Floss blog. The film’s new digital availability is sparking renewed interest in the award-winning documentary.

_In the Family_ hits the Bay Area

2008-08-04T12:25:29-07:00

In the Family is thrilled to be a part of the 2008 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. On Saturday, at our first of four screenings in San Francisco and the Bay Area, Gordon Quinn and Nicola Stewart (Genetic Counselor, UCSF Medical Center) hosted an incredible, informative Q&A to a packed house after the screening.

We are excited to continue screening and discussions with three more opportunities: Thursday, August 7 - 4:15pm at the CineArts Theatre in Palo Alto followed by a 25 minute Q&A with Beth Iams (Co-Producer) & Kelly Ormond (Associate Professor of Genetics, Director of MS in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling at Stanford University School of Medicine)

Saturday, August 9 - 5:45pm at the Roda Theatre in Berkeley followed by a 30 minute Q&A with Joanna Rudnick and Beth Iams

Sunday August 10 - 2pm at the Smith Rafael Film Center followed by a 60 minute panel with Joanna, Allison W. Kurian (Assistant Professor of Medicine and of Health Research and Policy at Stanford University School of Medicine) and Kelly Ormond (Associate Professor of Genetics, Director of MS in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling at Stanford University School of Medicine).

Gordon in the Wall Street Journal

2008-08-06T09:40:12-07:00

Check out an article in today’s Wall Street Journal featuring Gordon Quinn talking about And This is Free and his involvement with the historic film. Additionally, you can order the DVD on our website!

Kartemquin Odyssey

2008-07-29T12:47:28-07:00

Last Wednesday, July 23rd, Kartemquin’s Leslie Simmer was a guest filmmaker at Kay Yang’s class of Odyssey Project graduates who are learning the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking at the University of Chicago.
The primary focus of the discussion was the ethics of documentary editing. Leslie is researching the possibility of developing a film on the Odyssey Project.

Kartemquin in Chile

2008-07-28T07:41:23-07:00

Kartemquin’s Typeface was recently a feature on the Chilean design blog, Magenta. Read the post.

_Hoop Dreams_ in New Zealand

2008-07-25T11:01:25-07:00

A screening of Kartemquin’s classic Hoop Dreams is launching Doc New Zealand’s new “Doc Focus” community screening initiative on Tuesday night, July 29. Get the details

Kartemquin at BritDoc

2008-07-24T13:55:06-07:00

Kartemquin’s Steve James is at BritDoc this week with At the Death House Door and Paradise Regained a 3 minute short Steve did for Cinelan. At the Death House Door is being presented at BritDoc by SXSW as the “Best of Fest.”

Typeface at Typecon

2008-07-23T09:24:48-07:00

Kartemquin’s Justine Nagan just returned from presenting clips of Typeface at TYPECON, the national type conference sponsored by the Society of Typographic Aficionados. She received wonderful support for the project while there.

Milking the Rhino festival news

2008-07-16T12:34:42-07:00

Milking the Rhino is ready for release! The film will have its world premiere at the Tricontinental Film Festival next month.

August 21, Johannesburg (Rosebank Mall) August 23, Johannesburg August 24, Capetown (V&A Waterfront)