UPDATED: GME GEM 14 - Curators Jon Gartenberg and David Deitch are featured in Ken Jacobs’ 3D Occupy Wall Street film, BLANKETS FOR INDIANS screened at Anthology Film Archives 6/14

UPDATED: GME GEM 14 - Curators Jon Gartenberg and David Deitch are featured in Ken Jacobs’ 3D Occupy Wall Street film, BLANKETS FOR INDIANS screened at Anthology Film Archives 6/14

This movie shows dissenters to the American mission marching down New York’s lower Broadway to gather at Zuccotti Park where the Occupy Wall Street kids were standing their ground. We live close to where the crowd turned onto Broadway and swept us along.

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GME Gem #13: Gartenberg Media Celebrates Pride Month 2019 with Photos by Hugh Bell

GME Gem #13: Gartenberg Media Celebrates Pride Month 2019 with Photos by Hugh Bell

Hugh Bell (1927-2012) was born in New York to parents who emigrated from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. He spent a lot of time doing the thing he liked best, photographing jazz musicians, through which he gained notoriety while in his twenties. Hugh Bell also focused on documenting Gay Pride, Wigstock, and the Greenwich Village Halloween parade during the 1980s and 1990s.

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GME PRESENTS THE FILMS OF JONAS MEKAS

GME PRESENTS THE FILMS OF JONAS MEKAS

With the release of these DVD editions (published by Re:Voir), GME pays tribute to Jonas Mekas (1922-2019), who led a remarkable life both as the Godfather of avant-garde cinema as well as the signature artist who propelled the film diary into new dimensions of time, space, and memory.

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GME Presents BULLETS FOR BREAKFAST by Holly Fisher

GME Presents BULLETS FOR BREAKFAST by Holly Fisher

GME is pleased to announce the release of BULLETS FOR BREAKFAST, a DVD edition (published by Re:Voir) of selected moving image works by visual artist Holly Fisher.  This DVD features her most widely-known film, BULLETS FOR BREAKFAST (1992), together with 4 of her short films (GLASS SHADOWS [1976], FROM THE LADIES [1977], THIS IS MONTAGE [1978], and SOFTSHOE [1987]).

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