GME's September 2026 Roundup
/Today we recap screenings, events, and celebrations from September related to GME titles, artists, and colleagues. Notably, a number of artists distributed by or associated with GME were featured in The Museum of Modern Art's film series Long Live the Underground!: Celebrating Six Decades of The Film-Makers' Cooperative and Millennium Film Workshop. Moreover, three polyvalent montage films by Warren Sonbert were screened on 16mm at the Coop later in the month. Various films and filmmakers distributed by GME were also shown earlier in the month at Anthology Film Archives and Light Industry.
FILMMAKER MARIE MENKEN.
September 8th — Light Industry
On Tuesday, September 8th at Light Industry, Marie Menken's 1964 experimental short film WRESTLING screened alongside Raoul Walsh's 1942 feature GENTLEMAN JIM. GME distributes several short films by Menken as bonus features on the DVD publication NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN, an experimental documentary about the artist by Martina Kudláček.
FILMMAKER CARL TH. DREYER.
September 10th — Anthology Film Archives
From September 10th through the 13th, Anthology Film Archives screened several films by Carl Th. Dreyer as part of their Essential Cinema series. On September 10th, Dreyer's MICHAEL (1924) and THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928) screened; VAMPYR (1932) and DAY OF WRATH (1943) screened on the 12th; and ORDET (1955) and GERTRUD (1964) screened on the 13th. GME distributes numerous films by Dreyer across four DVD collections published by the Danish Film Institute.
FILMMAKER JACKIE RAYNAL
September 16th — Anthology Film Archives
On September 15th and 16th, Anthology Film Archives screened Jackie Raynal's DEUX FOIS (1968) and HOTEL NEW YORK (1984). GME distributes these titles (among several other titles by Raynal, and various films associated with the Zanzibar collective) as DVDs published by Re:Voir Video.
September 23rd — The Museum of Modern Art
From September 23rd through October 8th, The Museum of Modern Art presented the two-week, nine-program film series Long Live the Underground!: Celebrating Six Decades of The Film-Makers' Cooperative and Millennium Film Workshop. This series was co-curated by GME associate Matt McKinzie (who also works at the Artistic Director of the Film-Makers' Coop), and featured one of McKinzie's films. The series featured several films by various filmmakers distributed by or associated with GME, including Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Abigail Child, Holly Fisher, Marie Menken, Jonas Mekas, Jack Waters, Mike Kuchar, Michael Snow, and Jim Hubbard.
September 29th — The Film-Makers' Cooperative
On Tuesday, September 29th, guest curator Giovanni Santia presented three films by Warren Sonbert — 1978's DIVIDED LOYALTIES, 1986's THE CUP AND THE LIP, and 1988's HONOR AND OBEY — at The Film-Makers' Cooperative. These films were screened on 16mm prints from the Coop's collection. Since Sonbert's passing in 1995, GME has represented the artist's oeuvre and worked to further his legacy through curated film programs, publications, and the digitization of his films.