GME provided footage from Jonas Mekas’ films, including SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990) and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), to acclaimed director Martin Scorsese for his Peabody Award-winning portrait of Bob Dylan, originally released on PBS in 2005.
GME provided Ric Burns and Steeplechase Films a sequence from Helen Levitt’s short, NYC street photography classic, IN THE STREET (1948) for inclusion in the 8 episode PBS release NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM. Levitt’s film appeared in episode 7, "The City and the World (1945–2000)" which originally aired on October 1, 2001.
Photographed by James Agee, Helen Levitt and Janice Loeb, and edited by Levitt, IN THE STREET (1948, 16 minutes), listed on the United States National Film Registry preservation program, is a classic example of NYC street photography. GME licensed the film in its entirety for inclusion in the French series in 2012.
Gartenberg Media, the exclusive representative of the Estate of Hugh Bell, licensed several powerful images Bell took of the famed singer backstage at Carnegie Hall to this feature production.
Read MoreGME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), the films of Marie Menken and others to Steeplechase Films (WNET) for their 4 hour, 2006 PBS broadcast and DVD release of ANDY WARHOL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN (released 1995), which includes scenes of Lennon’s 1972 birthday party in Syracuse, NY, including scenes at Yoko Ono’s art opening and celebrations at a local hotel. Also licensed to Lost Weekend LLC for this production are scenes from Mekas’ ZEFIRO TORNA OR SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF GEORGE MACIUNAS (released 1992) containing informal picnic scenes with Lennon and friends. THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY is currently in production.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film WALDEN (1969) and Marie Menken’s ANDY WARHOL to VH1 for the 2009 production of LORDS OF THE REVOLUTION, episode 4: “Timothy Leary”.
GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990) and Marie Menken’s ANDY WARHOL to VH1 for the 2009 production of LORDS OF THE REVOLUTION.
WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969) is a 3-hour masterwork included the collection JONAS MEKAS: THE MAJOR WORKS avialable from GME. Mekas’ footage of the Velvet Underground appears in program 2 of SEVEN AGES OF ROCK, "“White Light, White Heat”.
Over the past several years, Gartenberg Media Enterprises (GME) has worked diligently to further the legacy of talented African-American artist Hugh Bell, whose photography career began in the early 1950s. We are pleased to announce that the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the Department of Art, University of Minnesota, will feature Hugh Bell’s work in their forthcoming exhibition projected for September of 2021, entitled “ A Picture Gallery of the Soul,” which will celebrate the work of African American photographers.
Read MoreRaimondo Borea's photograph of the Juilliard School's acting program, taught by John Houseman, was featured as the frontespiece in the recently published book, "Acting in the Academy: The History of Professional Actor Training in US Higher Education," by Peter Zazzali, published in 2016 by Routledge.
Read MoreGME takes special pride in announcing the featuring of Hugh Bell's iconic photographs of jazz legend Sarah Vaughan on a United States Postal Service Commemorative Forever Stamp.
Read MoreIn 2020, The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) acquired six lifetime silver gelatin prints from the GME’s Hugh Bell archive for their permanent collection.
Read MoreGME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (1999) for WDR’s 2007 German television release, LEGEND: JACKIE O.
Read MoreGME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990) and THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (1999) for this upcoming documentary project by Patrick Jeudy (BOBBY KENNEDY: THE MAN WHO WANTED TO CHANGE AMERICA, MARILYN, DERNIÈRES SÉANCES, ect.) from No School Productions.
Read MoreRaimondo Borea’s iconic photograph of educator Kenneth B. Clark has been placed on permanent display as part of a wall text at the entry to the Kenneth B. Clark Auditorium at the New York State Museum in Albany.
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