No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson begins a run of festival screenings this Sunday, March 14th with its official world premiere at SXSW, before making appearances at Cleveland, SilverDocs, Dallas, Sarasota, the Midwest Independent Film Festival, Full Frame and Nashville. And those are just the ones we can tell you about!

Director Steve James will be in attendance at the SXSW premiere, and will also take part in a panel discussion during the festival. The film also screens in Austin on March 19th.

Following SXSW, James will take the film to the Cleveland Film Festival for two screenings on March 20th and 21st, before presenting a special SilverDocs screening of the film in Maryland on March 29th. No Crossover is also confirmed to screen in Chicago for the Midwest Film Festival on April 6th, and at Full Frame on April 9th. Expect confirmed dates for Dallas, Sarasota and Nashville (where Steve James will also present his classic film Hoop Dreams) to be announced very soon.

Basketball magazine SLAM interviewed Kartemquin director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) about his latest film delving into the sport, No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson. Read the interview here.

In advance of the film's world premiere at SXSW on March 14th, Steve James also answered 5 questions from Austin360.com, coming up with this insight: "I think Iverson is something of a Rashomon-like figure: how you view him says as much about you as it does about him." Read the rest of the article.

Click here to check out a new video on Kartemquin's YouTube channel from the Chicago "sneak preview" of Steve James' highly anticipated No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson at the Gene Siskel Film Center.

In the video, Steve James discusses why he decided to return to his hometown of Hampton, Virginia to pursue this story, and the strong emotions he encountered when trying to investigate the racial conflict that divided the town.

Also featured in the video are the film's Co-Producer Adam Singer, Assistant Editor Leslie Simmer, Post-Production Supervisor Liz Kaar, and Kartemquin's Executive Director Justine Nagan.

No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson will have it's world premiere at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival on March 14th at 11am.

Director Steve James will attend, along with Executive Producer Gordon Quinn, Producers Emily Hart and Adam Singer, Cinematographer Keith Walker and Post-production Supervisor Liz Kaar. A second screening will also take place on March 19th at 2:45pm.

Click here to watch the trailer.

Check out the Kartemquin YouTube channel to see brand new trailers for 2010 releases Prisoner of Her Past and No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson.

Click here to see Prisoner of Her Past. Click here to see No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson.

Both films will be touring festivals this Spring, with a number of dates already confirmed. Check our Events page for screenings near you, or join our mailing list to stay informed!

No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson was one of ten films revealed to be playing at the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival (April 8-18) this week. Check the website for more details. The date for the screening is still to be announced.

The film's World Premiere is at SXSW in March, and it will also play twice at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 20th and March 21st. Steve James will attend each screening. More festival dates for the spring will be announced soon. Watch this space!

The trailer for Kartemquin's new 2010 release Prisoner of Her Past will be made exclusively available this week to subscribers to the Kartemquin newsletter. If you'd like to be the among the first to see the trailer, please sign up here. All new sign-ups this week will be sent the newsletter containing a link to the video and a password to enter. There's also an exclusive interview with Steve James on his new film No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson and a review of new DVD Taylor Chain Parts I & II. Don't miss out!

In a "Grade A" review True/Slant's Piet Levy stated that Steve James' No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson "is a complex, thought-provoking film with no easy answers, but plenty of challenging questions. Kudos to James for asking them." Read the review here.

Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) attended Sunday's sold-out screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center, and will again present a 'sneak peek' of the film on Thursday February 4th at 8:15pm. Get tickets here.

Starting today, Friday January 29th, "documentary powerhouse" (Chicago Reader) Kartemquin Films will be showing three films inside a week at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago - and the press and public are ramping up the excitement with a flurry of blogs and reviews.

Typeface kicks off proceedings with its SOLD OUT Chicago premiere + reception at 7pm tonight (the film starts at 8pm). Director Justine Nagan will be present, along with representatives from Kartemquin, Steracle Press, Hamilton Wood Type Museum, the Center for Block and Paper Arts, the Post Family, and the screening's sponsors the Society of Typographic Arts. Merchandise will be available for sale, including new posters and t-shirts. The screening begins a week-long run at the Siskel Center, with each screening accompanied by Kartemquin's classic short Viva La Causa. Justine Nagan will also attend the 1/31 screening. Tickets available now via the Gene Siskel Film Center and Ticketmaster.

Check out an interview with Justine Nagan on Design Feaster, a feature in Reel Chicago and reviews in New City Film, Time Out Chicago, and Inksie Journal. And we'd be remiss if we didn't mention the recent Idsgn feature on the film that, along with the trailer, has lit up the blogosphere and twitterverse with Typeface talk!

Kartemquin is also very excited about the exclusive "sneak peeks" Chicago documentary fans will get of No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, the new film director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) this Sunday 1/31 and Thursday 2/4. Grab tickets now for a chance to be the first to see this film before it's official world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival in March. Steve James will attend both screenings. Ticket holders to Sunday's screening will also be invited to a post-screening reception.

Before you go, check out this excellent in-depth Chicago Reader feature on No Crossover, and a review in Metromix Chicago.

We'll see you at the Siskel Center!

North American fans of Oscar-nominated director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) will get the chance to see his new film No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson on April 13th 2010 at 8pm ET on ESPN. The film is part of the acclaimed 30 for 30 documentary series (click here for more information about the series' Spring schedule) and sees James examine the impact of a controversial 1993 incident on the life of basketball star Allen Iverson and their shared hometown of Hampton, VA.

Can't wait until April to see it? Get tickets to 'sneak peek' screenings in Chicago, or catch the film at its official world premiere at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival in March.

An engaged and enthusiastic audience ventured out into the cold to watch Kartemquin's classic 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams in Evanston, IL yesterday. What was most notable about the crowd was the number of families with young children in attendance, clearly showing the continuing legacy of this great film. After the screening finished, the film's stars William Gates and Arthur Agee took part in a lengthy question and answer session, before autographing postcards and posters for the delighted fans, both old and new.

For photographs of this and other Hoop Dreams anniversary events, please visit our Facebook page.

Kartemquin would like to thank REELTIME for co-organizing the event, and our other outreach partners: All Our Sons Fund of the Evanston Community Foundation, and Black Men and Boys Initiative - Evanston.

The image also posted here is taken from Basketball Pioneers, a newspaper founded by Jordan Lee, who was inspired to become a writer after watching Hoop Dreams. He interviewed the film's director Steve James during Steve's recent trip to China for the IDOCS International Documentary Forum in Beijing, where Hoop Dreams and Stevie played for the first time to receptive Chinese audiences.

Mr. Lee stated that "at least half a million people" have read this article, "and from I have heard they loved it. I am sure that they are looking forward to watching the new Allen Iverson documentary, which I believe will be a great movie."

For more photos and interviews with Steve James from IDOCS, visit the offfical website.

Get your tickets now for the Chicago premiere of Typeface at the Siskel Film Center in January.

Click here for Typeface (with Viva La Causa).

Click here also for sneak peek screenings of No Crossover.

We hope you'll join us!

Chicago fans of Kartemquin Films will get the chance to see two of our newest documentaries - and one rarely seen classic short - in a single week this January at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Get tickets online here (for Typeface + Viva La Causa) and here (for No Crossover).

Beginning on January 29th with its long-awaited Chicago premiere, Typeface will have a week-long run encompassing eight screenings. Many Kartemquin staff and associates, including Executive Director and Typeface director Justine Nagan, will be present for the premiere. The film, recently awarded the "Best Documentary" prize at the Flyway Film Festival, has been generating a great deal of buzz among the design and typography communities, and is presented here in partnership with STA Chicago. Kartemquin's 1974 short Viva La Causa (directed by Teena Webb), about muralists in Chicago's Mexican community, will accompany each screening.

Also at the Gene Siskel Film Center that week, Chicago documentary fans will get a sneak peek at director Steve James' hotly anticipated No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson on January 31st and February 4th. The film is part of the ESPN 30 for 30 series and will have its official world premiere at SXSW in March 2010. Steve James will attend both screenings.

The screenings are part of the Siskel Center's Stranger Than Fiction: Documentary Premieres series. Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster and may also be purchased directly at the Gene Siskel Film Center box office, with no service fees.

Acclaimed Kartemquin filmmaker Steve James will attend the Chinese premieres of his award-winning documentaries Hoop Dreams and Stevie this December in Beijing. The screenings are a part of the IDOCS International Documentary Forum, a week-long celebration of documentary film taking place at the nation's top cinema school, the Beijing Film Academy, from December 12-17. 

The unmissable double-bill of the acknowledged classics Hoop Dreams and Stevie occurs on December 13th. Despite garenering numerous awards and praise over the years, neither film has ever played inside the world's most populous nation until now. Steve James will participate in Q+A's after both screenings.

Steve will also take part in several panels discussing his own career and the current state of documentary film throughout the week (see our events page for full listings). A highlight of the week will be an exclusive, in-depth 'master class' on the production of Stevie on December 14th, in which Steve James will discuss the film with director Peter Wintonick (Manufacturing Consent).

For more information, please visit the official website.

The New York Times is raving about the hotly anticipated ESPN sports documentary series 30 for 30. In ramping up excitement for the series, ESPN's Bill Simmons singled out Kartemquin Films' Steve James upcoming documentary No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson for special praise, stating that "James is our grand slam."

No Crossover will air on ESPN in 2010. For updates, check our news and events page, sign up for our newsletter, or follow us on twitter.

Several articles are out this week in anticipation of Kartemquin's No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson including posts in Variety, the Sporting News Blog, and the Teel Time blog on DailyPress.com. Teel's longer followup piece can be read here. No Crossover is directed by Steve James and will premiere this fall on ESPN's 30 for 30 series.