GME Distributes Films by Marcel Hanoun, Including UNE SIMPLE HISTOIRE, Which Plays at Anthology Film Archives This Month

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GME Distributes Films by Marcel Hanoun, Including UNE SIMPLE HISTOIRE, Which Plays at Anthology Film Archives This Month

As part of their Essential Cinema series, a collection of films screened on a repertory basis, Anthology Film Archives will show Marcel Hanoun’s UNE SIMPLE HISTOIRE (1959) on February 23rd at 6:45pm. GME distributes this title to the North American university market as both a DVD and a DSL file. Additionally, we distribute Hanoun’s OCTOBRE À MADRID (1964) and THE SEASONS (LES SAISONS) (1968-72) on DVD and DSL — the latter being a “quadriptych” made up of Hanoun’s films L’ÉTÉ (1968), L’HIVER (1969), LE PRINTEMPS (1970), and L’AUTOMNE (1972).

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In Celebration of Black History Month, GME Highlights Photographer Hugh Bell and The Kamoinge Workshop

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In Celebration of Black History Month, GME Highlights Photographer Hugh Bell and The Kamoinge Workshop

In 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.

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Warren Sonbert's Magnum Opus CARRIAGE TRADE Plays at the Centre Pompidou

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Warren Sonbert's Magnum Opus CARRIAGE TRADE Plays at the Centre Pompidou

Today, Warren Sonbert’s film CARRIAGE TRADE — which the artist himself described as his “magnum opus” — will screen at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Sonbert’s film plays in their exhibition A History of Cinema, which “draws an alternative narrative to the dominant cinematic canons and constitutes the founding moment of the Museum’s film collection.” CARRIAGE TRADE is currently distributed on 16mm by the Film-Makers’ Cooperative in New York, Canyon Cinema in San Francisco, and Light Cone in Paris. GME is the custodian of Sonbert’s legacy and proud to represent his significant body of work.

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GME Distributes Martina Kudláček's NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN in Conjunction with Menken Exhibit at the Noguchi Museum

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GME Distributes Martina Kudláček's NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN in Conjunction with Menken Exhibit at the Noguchi Museum

From September 27th, 2023, to February 4th, 2024, the Noguchi Museum — which is dedicated to the work of world-famous sculptor Isamu Noguchi — mounted A Glorious Bewilderment: Marie Menken’s ‘Visual Variations on Noguchi’, curated by Kate Wiener. This exhibit paired Marie Menken’s first film, 1945’s VISUAL VARIATIONS ON NOGUCHI (in which Menken captures Noguchi’s sculptures “in motion” via frenetic manipulation of a 16mm Bolex camera) with a selection of related sculptures by Noguchi. GME President Jon Gartenberg and GME Fine Arts Curator David Deitch attended the exhibit earlier this month, which showed Menken’s film in its original 16mm format. GME distributes Martina Kudláček’s 2006 documentary NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN to the North American university market as a DVD and DVD/DSL bundle. Included on GME’s release is VISUAL VARIATIONS ON NOGUCHI, in addition to some of Menken’s later films: 1957’s vernal wonder GLIMPSE OF THE GARDEN, 1961’s colorful and hypnotic ARABESQUE FOR KENNETH ANGER, and 1966’s Yuletide dazzler LIGHTS.

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Composer William Susman Includes His Score for Steve Bilich's NATIVE NEW YORKER, Distributed by GME, On New Album

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Composer William Susman Includes His Score for Steve Bilich's NATIVE NEW YORKER, Distributed by GME, On New Album

William Susman, who composed the music for Steve Bilich’s 2005 experimental short NATIVE NEW YORKER, included his score for the film on his new album MUSIC FOR MOVING PICTURES, which was released on February 7th. Susman hosted a listening party for the album on Bandcamp on the 5th. NATIVE NEW YORKER is exclusively available, worldwide, from GME, for acquisition and exhibition by cultural organizations, as well as for clip licensing by commercial productions.

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Maria Lassnig Titles Distributed by GME Play at This Year's Berlinale

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Maria Lassnig Titles Distributed by GME Play at This Year's Berlinale

Beginning on February 19th, ten short works by experimental filmmaker and animator Maria Lassnig will play at the Berlin International Film Festival. GME is proud to distribute these Lassnig titles in the collection MARIA LASSNIG: ANIMATION FILMS, which is available to the North American university market as both a DVD and a DVD/DSL bundle. GME also distributes a 72 minute-long compendium of unfinished works and works-in-progress by Lassnig, titled MARIA LASSNIG: FILM WORKS.

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January 2024 Roundup Related to GME Titles, Artists, and Colleagues

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January 2024 Roundup Related to GME Titles, Artists, and Colleagues

Happy 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.

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On the Occasion of the Martha Graham Dance Company's Centennial Celebration, GME Highlights Jack Mitchell's Photographs of Graham and Her Collaborators

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On the Occasion of the Martha Graham Dance Company's Centennial Celebration, GME Highlights Jack Mitchell's Photographs of Graham and Her Collaborators

On the occasion of the Martha Graham Dance Company’s centennial celebration, GME revisits Jack Mitchell’s rich repository of photographs chronicling Graham and her collaborators, taken during a period in the legendary dancer’s career that was marked by intense creative transformation and rebirth.

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MoMA Acquires Adrienne Mancia's Archive

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MoMA Acquires Adrienne Mancia's Archive

Gartenberg Media Enterprises and The Museum of Modern Art announced MoMA’s acquisition of the archive of Adrienne Mancia (1927-2022) in conjunction with the museum’s recently concluded two month-long tribute In Celebration of Adrienne Mancia. This acquisition by MoMA reflects GME’s longstanding priority to excavate various film, photography, and book and paper collections and place them in museums and archives for long-term safekeeping, preservation, and study.

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GME Remembers Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of The Shangri-Las

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GME Remembers Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of The Shangri-Las

GME 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.

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