GME DVD Distribution – Fall 2019 Recap

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GME DVD Distribution – Fall 2019 Recap

With the fall academic semester nearing completion, Gartenberg Media Enterprises has offered a new slate of DVD and Blu-ray publications for distribution to the North American academic community. These digital editions are selected from film archives and boutique publishers worldwide, and represent the entire breadth and depth of moving image history. This current roster of releases encompass trick films by George Méliès from the 1890s through to contemporary experimental filmmakers working in both France and the United States.

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Gartenberg Media Sponsors “Nouvelle Images d’Iran” Film Festival in Vitré, France

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Gartenberg Media Sponsors “Nouvelle Images d’Iran” Film Festival in Vitré, France

GME is proud to announce the company’s sponsorship of the “Nouvelle Images d’Iran” Film Festival occurring in Vitré, France, from December 11-15.  Gartenberg Media president Jon Gartenberg will be participating in the festival.

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Peter Tscherkassky's Award Winning OUTER SPACE Featured in New Lee Ranaldo & Raül Refree Music Video Release

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Peter Tscherkassky's Award Winning OUTER SPACE Featured in New Lee Ranaldo & Raül Refree Music Video Release

Award winning Austrian filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky’s OUTER SPACE (1999) re-edited by former Sonic Youth member Lee Ranaldo for the first official music video release from his forthcoming album with Raül Refree, “Names of North End Women” on Mute Records.

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“The Films of Holly Fisher” Retrospective at Anthology Film Archives November 7 – November 12

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“The Films of Holly Fisher” Retrospective at Anthology Film Archives November 7 – November 12

This long-overdue retrospective surveys the career of Holly Fisher, a filmmaker who since the late 1960s has been as prolific, as free in her exploration of different cinematic forms, and as adventurous in her embrace of new technological tools and ways of seeing as any of her peers, but without enjoying the degree of attention and acclaim that her work richly deserves.

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Field Recording of JFK Campaign Speech for 1960 Presidential Election 2019 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

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Field Recording of JFK Campaign Speech for 1960 Presidential Election 2019 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Gartenberg Media Enterprises presents a rare audio clip from a field recording during John F. Kennedy’s 1960 Presidential Campaign. In his remarks, JFK encapsulates William Faulkner’s famous observation that "The past is never dead. It's not even past" as he speaks to the enduring social values of the Democratic party, versus those of the Republican party in the United States. Sixty years later this divide between the two political parties is even more profoundly evident.

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GME Distributes Canonical Cinematic Works Prominently Featured in the Newly-Reopened MOMA Galleries

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GME Distributes Canonical Cinematic Works Prominently Featured in the Newly-Reopened MOMA Galleries

The Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection has been reinstalled in radical fashion, opening up the narrative of modern art to incorporate film alongside the other fine arts, among them painting, drawing, and photography. GME distributes many of these canonical works in DVD exclusively to universities in North America, in order to further their appreciation and incorporation into teaching curricula.

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