Award winning Documentary film maker
Gordon Quinn brings master class
to Geneva in honor of Geneva 's 1st annual film festival
You are invited to a preview event
Saturday, October 27th
*At the History Center on 3rd Street
1pm – 6pm
Sponsored by The Geneva Cultural Arts Commission
Kartemquin films will present
Their award winning documentary
VIETNAM, LONG TIME COMING
After the viewing Gordon Quinn Co-Founder and President of Kartemquin Films will hold an open question and answer session followed by a master class
addressing the process of making documentaries
$5 Donation per person
Space is limited! To reserve tickets visit our web site at www.genevarts.org
Or call 630-232-8171
[Advance tickets can be purchased at the History Center]
*Location may change depending ticket sales
Background on the documentary:
In 1998, World T.E.A.M. Sports (The Exceptional Athlete Matters) organized a 16-day, 1,200 mile bicycle ride through once war-torn Vietnam . Able-bodied and disabled veterans, from the U.S. and Vietnam , travel across a landscape where they once killed to stay alive. The former enemies ride as one team, joined by well-known rider Greg LaMonde and Senator John Kerry, in an emotional journey of peace, reconciliation, and athletic achievement. The biggest handicaps turn out to be the ghosts of the past, with their nagging reminders of conflict, injury and loss. Narrated by Actor and Chicago Native Joe Mantegna
Awards:
Broadcast nationally on NBC
Directors Guild Awards, 1998 Outstanding Directorial Achievement National Society of Television Arts and Sciences- Emmy for Outstanding Program Achievement, 1998 National Society of Film Critics, 1998 Nominee, Best Documentary Aspen Film Festival, 1998 Audience Award CINE, Golden Eagle Award, 1999
Chicago International Film Festival, 1998 Official Selection Denver Film Festival, 1998 Official Selection Cleveland International Film Festival, 1998 Official Selection Temecula Valley International Film Festival, 1998 Jury Award, Best Documentary
Here's what the Critics said:
VIETNAM, LONG TIME COMING (120 min)
A heroic and essential piece of filmmaking…the film is irreplaceable.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Wonderful, deeply humane.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Covers as much emotional terrain as it does beautiful rural Vietnam .
The LA Times
Vietnam Long Time Coming proves more powerful than other films about the country precisely because it is not a war movie.
Hannah Beech, Time Magazine
