As we venture into the autumn season, GME reflects on a robust summer of programming in New York City. Numerous films and filmmakers associated with our collection screened at various venues throughout July and August.

This fall, GME is pleased to welcome into our DSL distribution library new 2K digital restorations of Warren Sonbert's polyvalent montage films, as well as new digital transfers of select films by James Broughton and Joel Singer.

Sonbert's films will be available for rental or purchase to academic and cultural institutions worldwide, both individually and across three curated packages: Sonbert in the Seventies, Sonbert in the Eighties, and Warren Sonbert: Music & Montage. Broughton and Singer's films will also be available individually and across three curated packages on an institutional, worldwide basis: Early Films by James Broughton, James Broughton: The Second Act, and Broughton & Singer.

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, GME is proud to present Steve Bilich's Native New Yorker for rental or acquisition to academic and cultural institutions worldwide as a Digital Site License.

Over two decades since 9/11, Bilich's film remains a powerful cinematic work, political statement, and educational tool. Shot on a Cine-Kodak camera, it is likely the only 16mm film documentation of the event, which was otherwise captured on video — the dominant format of the time.

To rent or purchase this title for academic or cultural use, please contact: sales@gartenbergmedia.com.

Today we recap screenings, events, and celebrations from June related to GME titles, artists, and colleagues. Notably, Warren Sonbert's debut film AMPHETAMINE and its follow-up WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO? screened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Morgan Library, respectively; both films were later featured in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room on what would have been Sonbert's 79th birthday. Additionally, films by Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage screened at Anthology Film Archives throughout the month.

On the occasion of Pride Month and what would have been Warren Sonbert’s 79th birthday, GME presents the artist’s first two films — AMPHETAMINE and WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO? (1966) — to view for free in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room.

Today we recap screenings, events, and celebrations from May related to GME titles, artists, and colleagues. Notably, 1930s Hollywood classics by Ernst Lubitsch screened throughout the month at Film Forum, while early silent gems by Urban Gad and Carl Th. Dreyer were programmed for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and accompanied by live musicians. Moreover, GME presented Luigi Zampa's 1947 comedy L’ONOREVOLE ANGELINA, starring Academy Award-winner Anna Magnani, in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room.

Two films by Warren Sonbert — Where Did Our Love Go? and Amphetamine (both 1966) — screen in Pride Month programs at the Morgan Library and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, respectively, on June 11th and 15th.

This May in the Adrienne Mancia Streaming Room, GME is pleased to present Luigi Zampa’s 1947 Italian comedy L’ONOREVOLE ANGELINA (THE HONORABLE ANGELINA), starring Academy Award-winner Anna Magnani.

Adrienne Mancia was a fierce champion of Italian cinema. In 1988, she received Italy’s highest civilian honor, the Croce del la Repubblica. On the occasion of this award, Renato Pachetti, then-president of RAI Corporation (New York), remarked: “Adrienne Mancia has probably contributed more than any other person to the introduction of Italian cinema in America. Her knowledge of Italian films is extraordinary.” Gian Paolo Cresci, then-president of SACIS (Rome), the worldwide distribution wing of RAI, echoed Pachetti: “Adrienne Mancia’s generosity and energy have made her a special friend to the members of the Italian film community. No one is more deserving of this special honor.”

Today we recap screenings, events, and celebrations from April related to GME titles, artists, and colleagues. Notably, GME licensed a number of photographs by Hugh Bell, whose photographic legacy we represent. Films that GME distributes on DSL, DVD, and Blu-Ray to academic and cultural institutions screened at Anthology Film Archives as well as the 2026 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. GME also announced our DSL distribution of Ernst Lubitsch’s THE LOVES OF PHARAOH and four, recently restored experimental films by Roger Jacoby.

Roger Jacoby (1944—1985) was a pioneering experimental filmmaker whose wildly improvisational, hand-processed works showcased a painterly and diaristic approach and, in his last films, a fervent political consciousness. His filmmaking career spanned from 1972 until his untimely death due to complications from AIDS in 1985, during which he completed eight films. Gartenberg Media is pleased to distribute four of these films — 1974’s DREAM SPHINX OPERA, 1976’s L’AMICO FRIED’S GLAMOROUS FRIENDS, 1980’s HOW TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL PART I, and Jacoby’s final film, 1982’s HOW TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL PART II — as Digital Site Licenses to academic and cultural institutions worldwide. These titles were recently restored by the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive through the National Film Preservation Foundation’s Avant-Garde Masters Grant.