MoMA Acquires Adrienne Mancia's Archive

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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Jon Gartenberg Recounts His Connection to the Films of Andy Warhol for the 60th Anniversary Benefit Screening of SLEEP

Jon Gartenberg Recounts His Connection to the Films of Andy Warhol for the 60th Anniversary Benefit Screening of SLEEP

On December 2nd, 2023, GME President Jon Gartenberg provided background and context regarding the recovery of Andy Warhol’s film oeuvre at the 60th anniversary benefit screening of Warhol’s SLEEP, hosted by the Film-Makers’ Cooperative at The Bunker at 222 Bowery. Gartenberg was instrumental in the excavation and preservation of Warhol’s films in the 1980s.

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The Film-Makers' Coop Will Host a 60th Anniversary Benefit Screening of Andy Warhol's SLEEP on December 1st and 2nd

The Film-Makers' Coop Will Host a 60th Anniversary Benefit Screening of Andy Warhol's SLEEP on December 1st and 2nd

Tonight, December 1st, and tomorrow, December 2nd, 2023, at 7pm, the Film-Makers’ Cooperative is hosting a benefit screening of Andy Warhol’s first major film, SLEEP (1963), at The Bunker at 222 Bowery. In the mid-1980s, while working in the Museum of Modern Art’s Film Department, GME President Jon Gartenberg was instrumental in the resuscitation of Warhol’s films, like SLEEP, which were thought to be lost or destroyed after Warhol pulled them out of circulation.

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African American Life and Legends Photographed by Jack Mitchell

African American Life and Legends Photographed by Jack Mitchell

To celebrate Black History Month this year, GME would like to share some of the many outstanding photographs by Jack Mitchell of African American artists and individuals taken during his half century professional career chronicling a unique history of creators in the fields of dance, theater, music, the fine arts, and film and television.

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GME Remembers Barbara Walters with Photos of Her Time at NBC "Today" by Raimondo Borea

 GME Remembers Barbara Walters with Photos of Her Time at NBC "Today" by Raimondo Borea

Gartenberg Media Enterprises (GME) is honored to memorialize the recent passing of Barbara Walters, who broke barriers for women as the first female co-host of the “Today” show and the first female anchor of a network evening news program, and who as an interviewer of celebrities became one herself, helping to blur the line between news and entertainment.

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GME Notes the Recent Passing of Actress, Model and Activist Marsha Hunt at 94

GME Notes the Recent Passing of Actress, Model and Activist Marsha Hunt at 94

American actress, model, and activist, with a career spanning nearly 80 years, Marsha Hunt appeared in many films, including BORN TO THE WEST (1937) with John Wayne, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1940) with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, KID GLOVE KILLER (1942) with Van Heflin, CRY 'HAVOC' (1943) with Margaret Sullavan and Joan Blondell, THE HUMAN COMEDY (1943) with Mickey Rooney, RAW DEAL (1948) with Claire Trevor, THE HAPPY TIME (1952) with Charles Boyer, and Dalton Trumbo's JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (1971). She was blacklisted by Hollywood film studio executives in the 1950s during McCarthyism.

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In Recognition of Juneteenth GME Presents Hugh Bell's Photographs of Jean Genet’s Play THE BLACKS at the St. Mark’s Playhouse in 1961

In Recognition of Juneteenth GME Presents Hugh Bell's Photographs of Jean Genet’s Play THE BLACKS at the St. Mark’s Playhouse in 1961

Jean Genet ’s 1959 play, THE BLACKS, uses the framework of a play within a play, to expose racial prejudice and stereotypes while exploring black identity. It was the longest-running Off-Broadway non-musical of the 60s and was photographed by Hugh Bell.

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NAACP Award Winning Film THROUGH A LENS DARKLY Featuring Photographer Hugh Bell Recently Returned to PBS

NAACP Award Winning Film THROUGH A LENS DARKLY Featuring Photographer Hugh Bell Recently Returned to PBS

THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE, probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost. Directed by Thomas Allen Harris. The film features the late photographer Hugh Bell.

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