GME LICENSES STILLS FROM WARREN SONBERT'S "AMPHETAMINE" FOR DR. MAURICE NAGINGTON'S BOOK "THE MORAL LESSONS OF CHEMSEX: A CRITICAL APPROACH"

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GME LICENSES STILLS FROM WARREN SONBERT'S "AMPHETAMINE" FOR DR. MAURICE NAGINGTON'S BOOK "THE MORAL LESSONS OF CHEMSEX: A CRITICAL APPROACH"

Two stills from Warren Sonbert’s debut film AMPHETAMINE (1966) will appear in Dr. Maurice Nagington’s forthcoming book The Moral Lessons of Chemsex: A Critical Approach, due to be published in 2025 by Routledge. The stills from Sonbert’s film that have been licensed from Gartenberg Media Enterprises — which depict young gay men using intravenous drugs — are well-suited for Nagington’s book, which “explores how gay and bi men’s lived experiences of chemsex intersect with its cultural representations.”

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CRITERION LICENSES JONAS MEKAS' AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL FOR BLU-RAY RELEASE OF TODD HAYNES' THE VELVET UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY

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CRITERION LICENSES JONAS MEKAS' AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL FOR BLU-RAY RELEASE OF TODD HAYNES' THE VELVET UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY

GME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Peter Emmanuel Goldman's ECHOES OF SILENCE (1964), Jonas Mekas’ AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990), and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) to Todd Haynes and Swish Productions for the Apple TV+ broadcast of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY BY OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR TODD HAYNES LICENSES CLIPS FROM BACHMANN, GOLDMAN, MEKAS, & SONBERT FOR APPLE TV+

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY BY OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR TODD HAYNES LICENSES CLIPS FROM BACHMANN, GOLDMAN, MEKAS, & SONBERT FOR APPLE TV+

GME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Peter Emmanuel Goldman's ECHOES OF SILENCE (1964), Jonas Mekas’ AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990), and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) to Todd Haynes for the Apple TV+ broadcast of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.


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BUZZFEED NEWS PAYS TRIBUTE TO LGBTQ HISTORY & CULTURE WITH PHOTOS BY HUGH BELL

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BUZZFEED NEWS PAYS TRIBUTE TO LGBTQ HISTORY & CULTURE WITH PHOTOS BY HUGH BELL

Hugh Bell’s was an American photographer of Caribbean descent, most well known for his photographs of jazz clubs and musicians. Born and raised in Harlem, he also captured Pride marches and demonstrations like Wigstock during the 1980s and 1990s. Bell influenced a generation of photographers, as well as documenting a different time for #pride. BuzzFeed News looked back in June, 2021 at LGBTQ history and representation through the years in the US and abroad.

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