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Good Man

A Good Man: Kartemquin Films and the Latest Work by Bill T. Jones

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ABOUT 

  • ABOUT Gordon Quinn

    Gordon Quinn is the artistic director and founding member of Kartemquin Films. An experienced filmmaker, his documentaries include Vietnam, Long Time Coming, and Golub. Kartemquin’s best known film, Hoop Dreams, executive produced by Gordon, received many awards including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Picture, Los Angeles Film Critics Association for Best Documentary and an Academy Award Nomination.

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  • ABOUT Janet Wong

    Janet Wong is the associate artistic director of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Trained in Hong Kong and London, she met Bill T. Jones while a member of the Berlin Ballet. Ms. Wong became rehearsal director of the company in 1996 and associate artistic director in August 2006.

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  • ABOUT Paul Matteson

    Paul Matteson is a dancer with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. He has performed for Terry Creach, Peter Schmitz, Kota Yamazaki, Chamecki/Lerner, Jamie Cunningham, Neta Pulvermacher, Susan Sgorbati, Helena Franzen, and Keith Johnson. Matteson choreographs and continually collaborates with Jennifer Nugent.

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  • ABOUT David Ravel

    David Ravel is the Director of Alverno Presents, the performing arts series of Alverno College in Milwaukee.

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Click play to listen. Recorded on November 14, 2010.

Last fall, the Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Co. premiered Fondly Do We Hope . . . Fervently Do We Pray at Ravinia to great acclaim. Since the inception of the project, Kartemquin Films and coproducers Media Process Group were on hand to document Jones’s creation of the piece. This CHF program will give audiences a preview of the final film, scheduled to debut on PBS’s American Masters series in spring 2011. It will also be an opportunity to hear about the mysterious connection between dancer and choreographer—to demystify what it means to put your body in service to another person’s artistic vision. Program guests include Janet Wong, associate artistic director of BTJ / AZDC, dancer Paul Matteson, and Gordon Quinn, artistic director of Kartemquin Films. David Ravel, director of Alverno Presents at Alverno College in Milwaukee, will moderate the discussion.

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  • leaders & thinkers

    From The New York Times archive A summary of Jones's work and links to dozens of articles and reviews.
    Kartemquin FilmsLearn about new projects, awards, film screenings, and the history of this unique not-for-profit documentary development organization.
    Media Process GroupWebsite of the production company that collaborated with Kartemquin on "A Good Man."

  • good reads

    Bill's Blog Jones reflects on his travels, his encounters, his political observations and reveals their connection to his creative work.

  • online resources

    Video clip from "A Good Man" A brief excerpt from the film.

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