September 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

September 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

Happy Autumn from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! As we enter October, we’re looking back at a myriad of screenings from last month, in New York City and beyond, featuring films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. GME-associated artists were well-represented in September — from pioneering filmmakers like Ida Lupino, Jean-Luc Godard, Jose Val Del Omar, Maya Deren, and Man Ray, to contemporary artists like Karel Doing, Rose Lowder, and Lav Diaz. The work of Warren Sonbert, which is exclusively represented by GME, was also screened in various venues in September.

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Now Playing: GME Licenses Footage for Jonas Mekas Doc FRAGMENTS OF PARADISE and Hugh Bell’s Album Cover Photograph for Abortion Drama DEAR JANE

Now Playing:  GME Licenses Footage for Jonas Mekas Doc FRAGMENTS OF PARADISE and Hugh Bell’s Album Cover Photograph for Abortion Drama DEAR JANE

FRAGMENTS OF PARADISE is a story about finding beauty amidst profound loss, a story of a man who was also the most significant force behind the evolution and promotion of the American Avant-Garde film movement, and who tried to make sense of it all…with a camera. GME licensed numerous clips of Mekas filming with his camera from Gideon Bachmann's UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), a rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixties, a turbulent time and place that was to change American culture forever.

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