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April 30th was declared International Jazz Day by UNESCO in 2011, and has since become the world’s largest celebration of jazz. In honor of International Jazz Day, GME highlights photographs from the Hugh Bell collection that capture a number of jazz legends from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Read MoreFrom April 11th to 14th, the Dance Theatre of Harlem will present a festival-style weekend of performances at New York City Center, to honor the legacy of their founder Arthur Mitchell on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Jack Mitchell, whose photography collection GME represents, photographed Arthur Mitchell early in his career. GME was pleased to work in December and January as consultants for Dance Theatre of Harlem’s extensive photography collection.
Read MoreHappy March from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! Today, we’re reflecting on screenings, events, and celebrations from February, in New York City and beyond, related to GME colleagues, as well as titles and/or artists in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. Notably, films by French cinema icons Jackie Raynal and Philippe Garrel screened at Anthology Film Archives, while CARRIAGE TRADE, the magnum opus of Warren Sonbert — whose work and legacy GME is proud to represent — returned to the Centre Pompidou 48 years after it was first shown there.
Read MoreIn 1955, Edward Steichen, then Director of the Photography Department at MoMA, mounted an exhibition of images from around the world as a “manifesto for peace and the fundamental equality of mankind.” That exhibition, titled The Family of Man, quickly became a 20th century cultural phenomenon and was added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World register in recognition of its historical value. “Hot Jazz” (pictured here) by Black photographer Hugh Bell (1927—2012) was selected for this ambitious exhibit. This Black History Month, GME highlights Bell’s impressive body of work (namely his suite of images of Jazz Greats from the 1950s) and his influence on the Kamoinge Workshop.
Read MoreHappy Winter from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! Today, we’re reflecting on screenings, events, and celebrations from January, in New York City and beyond, related to GME colleagues, as well as films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. Notably, Anthology Film Archives screened a number of titles (by esteemed filmmakers like Sergei Eisenstein and Carl Th. Dreyer) that we currently distribute. Additional screenings of work related to GME and our colleagues appeared at various venues around the globe — ranging from august organizations like the International Film Festival of Rotterdam and The Film-Makers’ Cooperative, to exciting newer festivals like Animation First and Film Diary NYC.
Read MoreGME remembers singer Mary Weiss, best known as the frontwoman of the 1960s girl group The Shangri-Las, who passed away on January 19th, 2024, at the age of 75. The cover photo for The Shangri-Las’ first album, Leader of the Pack, was taken by photographer Hugh Bell, whose vast collection GME represents. Notably, GME licensed Bell’s Leader of the Pack cover art for the 2022 film Call Jane, a 1970s-set abortion drama directed by Phyllis Nagy and starring Elizabeth Banks, which features the LP in one of its scenes.
Read MoreOn January 26th, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center will present the 2024 Jerome Robbins Dance Division Annual Symposium, a “day-long exploration of Martha Graham and her legacy as her company celebrates its centennial anniversary.” In the 1960s and ‘70s, Graham and her dance company were documented extensively by photographer Jack Mitchell, whose collection GME proudly represents.
Read MoreGME 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!
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