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7:00 pm: Doors Open, Beer/Wine Reception Begins
7:30 pm: Conversation Begins
8:30 pm: Post Reception
Ticketing
$25 /Series Pass
$10 /Single Tickets
FACETS Members receive 15% off
Single Tickets
Series Pass
A conversation between Gordon Quinn and Andrew Davis addressing the integral task of documenting challenging, yet important historic political moments on film.
Later this month, on August 19th, the Democratic National Convention (DNC) returns to Chicago for the first time since the volatile DNC in 1968. We invite the public to join a conversation about the complicated necessity of documenting social movements and historic events with two filmmakers who were at the DNC in 1968, Gordon Quinn, Founder of Kartemquin Films, and director/writer/producer Andrew Davis (The Fugitive), who shot footage at the ’68 DNC for Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool (1969).
The conversation will be moderated by Rich Moskal, former head of Chicago Film Office. Gordon Quinn will be present at the event and Andrew Davis will join via Zoom. The conversation will be augmented by clips from important films of the era.
The event will be followed by a reception in FACETS’ Lounge.
SPEAKERS
Gordon Quinn
A founding member of Kartemquin Films, Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 50 years.
Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis (Director/Producer/Writer) is a filmmaker with a reputation for directing intelligent thrillers, most notably the Academy Award® nominated box-office hit, The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Andrew began his work in film as he was graduating University of Illinois in 1968 and found a job on the phantom unit shooting the DNC protests and police riots.
VITAL CONVERSATIONS
“Artivism: Can Art Bring Us to Action?” kicks off the new “Vital Conversations” screening series brought to you by FACETS and Kartemquin Films, two mainstays of the Chicago independent film scene.
