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

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

Happy Holidays from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! Now that it’s already December, 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 that we distribute to the North American university market. November’s events offered a unique selection of work by GME artists and associates, from Alexandra Dean and Nancy Buirski, to a number of fascinating titles featured in MoMA’s ongoing Adrienne Mancia tribute.

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Jon Gartenberg Introduced Francis Ford Coppola's DEMENTIA 13 on November 29th for MoMA's Adrienne Mancia Tribute

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Jon Gartenberg Introduced Francis Ford Coppola's DEMENTIA 13 on November 29th for MoMA's Adrienne Mancia Tribute

On November 29th, 2023, at 6:30pm, GME President Jon Gartenberg introduced the Director’s Cut of Francis Ford Coppola’s feature-length debut, the Roger Corman/American International Pictures-produced 1963 horror film DEMENTIA 13, at the Museum of Modern Art. The film screened as part of the museum’s tribute to former programmer Adrienne Mancia, who passed away last year and who was a close friend and colleague of Gartenberg’s. A video of Gartenberg’s full introduction can be viewed here.

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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

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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

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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Jon Gartenberg to Present King Vidor, Henry King, and Francis Ford Coppola Films At MoMA As Part of Adrienne Mancia Tribute

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Jon Gartenberg to Present King Vidor, Henry King, and Francis Ford Coppola Films At MoMA As Part of Adrienne Mancia Tribute

On Wednesday, November 29th, 2023, at 1pm, GME President Jon Gartenberg will introduce King Vidor’s THE JACK-KNIFE MAN (1920) and Henry King’s THE SEVENTH DAY (1922) at the Museum of Modern Art, as part of their Adrienne Mancia tribute, which runs from November through December 2023. Later that day, Gartenberg will also introduce the Director’s Cut of Francis Ford Coppola’s first film, the 1963 AIP horror DEMENTIA 13.

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Jon Gartenberg To Present Jim McBride's DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY At MoMA As Part of Adrienne Mancia Tribute

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Jon Gartenberg To Present Jim McBride's DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY At MoMA As Part of Adrienne Mancia Tribute

On November 24th, 2023, at 1pm, GME President Jon Gartenberg will introduce Jim McBride’s DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY (1967) at the Museum of Modern Art, as part of their Adrienne Mancia tribute, which runs from November through December 2023.

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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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Olga Preobrazhenskaia's THE PEASANT WOMEN OF RIAZAN Screening at MoMA

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Olga Preobrazhenskaia's THE PEASANT WOMEN OF RIAZAN Screening at MoMA

On Sunday, October 29th, at 2pm, and later, on Tuesday, November 7th, at 7pm, Olga Preobrazhenskaia’s 1927 film THE PEASANT WOMEN OF RIAZAN will play at the Museum of Modern Art in the program After Alice, Beyond Lois: Mining the Archive with the Women Film Pioneers Project. GME distributes the work of over 100 women filmmakers, including Preobrazhenskaia. Her film is currently available to the North American university market, from GME, in the six-disc Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack EARLY WOMEN FILMMAKERS: AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY.

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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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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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