October 2023 Roundup Related to GME Titles, Artists, and Colleagues

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October 2023 Roundup Related to GME Titles, Artists, and Colleagues

Happy November from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! As we head into the holiday season, 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. October’s events offered a unique selection of GME artists and friends, from Dominic Angerame and James Benning, to Jeff Preiss and Jerome Hiler, both of whom were collaborators of Warren Sonbert, whose body of work GME exclusively represents.

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Light Cone Presents the Third Edition of "Scratch Collection" Film Festival

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Light Cone Presents the Third Edition of "Scratch Collection" Film Festival

Beginning on October 3rd of this year, Light Cone presented the third edition of their film festival Scratch Collection. GME has a long-standing relationship with Light Cone. While working as a film curator at the Museum of Modern Art, Jon Gartenberg sat in on screenings when the company was being formed in 1982 in Yann Beauvais and Miles McKane’s apartment. Later, Gartenberg acquired films of Beauvais’ for MoMA’s permanent collection. We are currently working with Emmanuel Lefrant, the director of Light Cone, to distribute the international touring program of films by Warren Sonbert.

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Esfir Shub and Dziga Vertov Films Screen at BAM in November

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Esfir Shub and Dziga Vertov Films Screen at BAM in November

Two Soviet films (THE FALL OF THE ROMANOV DYNASTY and THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA) that GME distributes to the North American university market are playing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in November.

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GME Pays Homage to Adrienne Mancia Concurrent with MoMA’s in Memoriam Film Series

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GME Pays Homage to Adrienne Mancia Concurrent with MoMA’s in Memoriam Film Series

On the occasion of the current “In Memoriam” film exhibition at MoMA from November 1st to December 22nd, entitled Modern Matinees: In Celebration of Adrienne Mancia, GME would like to pay special tribute to Mancia, who was a cherished colleague and friend of ours.

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GME Remembers Pioneering Activist, Author, and Film Historian Vito Russo This LGBTQ+ History Month

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GME Remembers Pioneering Activist, Author, and Film Historian Vito Russo This LGBTQ+ History Month

Vito Russo may be best known today as the author of the seminal book THE CELLULOID CLOSET, which examines the history of depictions of homosexuality in Hollywood films. Russo, however, had a long career as a film historian, archivist, and activist. GME President Jon Gartenberg worked with Russo at MoMA, and later appeared in the 2011 HBO documentary about his life, titled VITO. Gartenberg recalls: “What struck me about Vito was that he appeared to be completely comfortable in his own skin, which undoubtedly enabled him to be at the forefront of gay activism.”

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September 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

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September 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

Happy Autumn from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! As we enter October, we’re looking back at a myriad of screenings from last month, in New York City and beyond, featuring films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. GME-associated artists were well-represented in September — from pioneering filmmakers like Ida Lupino, Jean-Luc Godard, Jose Val Del Omar, Maya Deren, and Man Ray, to contemporary artists like Karel Doing, Rose Lowder, and Lav Diaz. The work of Warren Sonbert, which is exclusively represented by GME, was also screened in various venues in September.

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Man Ray and Abel Gance Films To Screen at NYFF 61

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Man Ray and Abel Gance Films To Screen at NYFF 61

At this year’s New York Film Festival, presented by Film at Lincoln Center and playing in New York City from September 9th to October 15th, 2023, films by Man Ray and Abel Gance will screen in the Revivals section, which spotlights “important works from renowned filmmakers that have been digitally remastered, restored, and preserved with the assistance of generous partners.” GME distributes on DVD, with Re:Voir Video, to the North American university market, Ray’s RETURN TO REASON and EMAK-BAKIA in the eight-film collection CINÉMA DADA. GME is also proud to distribute Gance’s LA ROUE on DVD, to the North American university market, in conjunction with Flicker Alley. GME additionally distributes Gance’s J’ACCUSE (1919) on DVD with the same label.

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Films by Mark Street to Screen at Millennium Film Workshop

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Films by Mark Street to Screen at Millennium Film Workshop

On Saturday, September 23rd, 2023, at 7:30pm, six recent observational films by Mark Street will play at the Millennium Film Workshop in the program Street Life: The Personal Cinema of Mark Street. Street is a longtime friend of GME’s. Jon Gartenberg programmed numerous films by Street — including FULTON FISH MARKET, A YEAR, and ROCKAWAY — while working at the Tribeca Film Festival from 2003 to 2014. Gartenberg once remarked of Street’s work: “The globe is Mark Street’s cinematic canvas, onto which he impresses shimmering reflections and lyric montage sequences.”

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Karel Doing and Sigfried Fruhauf Films Play at SF Cinematheque's Crossroads Festival

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Karel Doing and Sigfried Fruhauf Films Play at SF Cinematheque's Crossroads Festival

From September 8th to September 10th, 2023, films by Karel Doing and Sigfried Fruhauf played at the Crossroads Film Festival at the San Francisco Cinematheque! GME distributes two of Doing’s early works, 1993’s LICHTAJAREN and 1999’s ENERGY ENERGY, in the collection STUDIO EEN: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS FROM THE LOWLANDS. GME also distributes Fruhauf’s NIGHT SWEAT in the collection VISIONARY: CONTEMPORARY SHORT DOCUMENTARIES AND EXPERIMENTAL FILMS FROM AUSTRIA, as well as the artist’s 9-minute short film from 2001, EXPOSED.

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Summer 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

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Summer 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

With the end of summer fast approaching, GME returns from our seasonal hiatus to recap a slew of exciting screenings that happened between June and August, in New York City and beyond, featuring films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market.

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