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GME remembers celebrated star of stage and screen Glynis Johns, who passed away last week, on January 4th, 2024, at the age of 100. This photo, culled from the Jack Mitchell collection, captures Johns during the original 1973 Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
Read MoreHappy New Year from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! As we ring in 2024, we’re reflecting on screenings, events, and celebrations from last month, in New York City and beyond, related to colleagues of GME, as well as films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. Notably, a mid-’60s sci-fi flick by Jean-Luc Godard returned to the big screen, while the Film-Makers’ Cooperative hosted a two-night benefit screening of an infamous Andy Warhol film — which GME President Jon Gartenberg was instrumental in rediscovering, in the mid-1980s, while working at The Museum of Modern Art.
Read MoreAs 2023 comes to a close, GME would like to wish all of our friends and colleagues happy holidays and a healthy new year!
Read MoreHappy Holidays from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! Now that it’s already December, we’re looking back at events, screenings, and celebrations from last month, in New York City and beyond, related to colleagues of GME, as well as films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. November’s events offered a unique selection of work by GME artists and associates, from Alexandra Dean and Nancy Buirski, to a number of fascinating titles featured in MoMA’s ongoing Adrienne Mancia tribute.
Read MoreVittorio De Sica’s SHOESHINE (1946) plays in The Film Foundation’s online screening room this month. Raimondo Borea’s photographs of the Boys’ Town of Italy in the early 1950s, which are exclusively represented by GME, are an ideal compliment to De Sica’s essential work of Italian neorealist cinema.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, actor Richard Roundtree died at the age of 81 following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. A pioneering performer who broke down barriers for Black actors, Roundtree was photographed at the height of his fame by Hugh Bell, a photographer who broke down barriers for Black visual artists and whose body of work GME exclusively represents.
Read MoreJack Mitchell (September 13th, 1925—November 7th, 2013) chronicled, over the course of his half-century professional career, a unique history of creators in the fields of dance, theater, music, the fine arts, film, and television. Within this impressive body of work exist images of celebrated individuals whose public and private lives represent a broad spectrum of queer identity.
Read MoreIn honor of Italian-American heritage month, GME reflects on Raimondo Borea's Boys' Town Of Italy photo essay.
Read MoreOn the occasion of October being LGBTQ+ History Month, GME reflects on gems from our photo collections that were taken by queer photographers and/or spotlight the beauty and diversity of queer communities over the past several decades. First up is Hugh Bell, a highly-prolific visual artist whose candid images of LGBTQ+ community members in the 1980s and ‘90s remain potent historical artifacts.
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