GME Presents Rare Silent Features as DSLs from Undercrank Productions

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GME Presents Rare Silent Features as DSLs from Undercrank Productions

In celebration of Silent Movie Day earlier this week (September 29th), Gartenberg Media is pleased to announce our new partnership with Undercrank Productions to distribute rare silent films to North American academic institutions on digital formats.

Undercrank Productions was founded in 2013 by silent film historian and composer Ben Model. Undercrank works with archives and private collectors to bring undiscovered classics of silent cinema from film cans to film fans. Each digital restoration has been spearheaded by Model and is presented in new digital scans in either HD or 2K, and features new musical scores on piano or theatre organ.

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June 2025 Roundup Related to GME Titles, Artists, and Colleagues

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June 2025 Roundup Related to GME Titles, Artists, and Colleagues

Today we recap screenings, events, and celebrations from June related to GME titles, artists, and colleagues. Notably, GME publicly presented the World Premiere digital restorations of a selection of the early films of Warren Sonbert at Metrograph on June 8th. GME also attended the 2025 Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards, which honored two of our longtime friends and colleaugues: Jim Hubbard and James Wentzy. Furthermore, GME screened Allan King’s groundbreaking documentary WARRENDALE this month in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room.

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Reflecting on "Love and Joy, Warren Sonbert"

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Reflecting on "Love and Joy, Warren Sonbert"

On Sunday, June 8th, Gartenberg Media Enterprises publicly presented the World Premiere digital restorations of a selection of the early films of Warren Sonbert (1947-1995) at Metrograph in New York City: Where Did Our Love Go?, Amphetamine, Hall of Mirrors (all 1966) and Carriage Trade (1973), as well as Jeff Scher’s Postcards from Warren (1998) and Warren (1991). We were delighted to welcome colleagues, friends, and family of Sonbert, GME, and the Film-Makers' Cooperative to this special event, which also launched the return of Sonbert's films to distribution at the Coop in digital format. All of these digital restorations were created with the intent of making Sonbert's films more accessible to a wide audience.

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