GME GEM 15 - JONAS MEKAS DISCUSSES JON GARTENBERG'S WORK ON WARREN SONBERT'S LEGACY

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In a moving video letter to curator John Hanhardt, LETTER TO JOHN FROM JONAS (1999), in which he stresses the need for Anthology Film Archives to resist the option of merging with the Guggenheim Museum, Jonas Mekas discusses the shift away from Anthology's role as the sole preservationist of experimental cinema, and, by example, the important work of Jon Gartenberg’s preservation of Warren Sonbert’s estate following Sonbert’s untimely death in 1995.

Filmmaker WARREN SONBERT

Filmmaker WARREN SONBERT

For more information about GME’s work in furthering Warren Sonbert’s legacy through retrospective exhibitions and other initiatives, see: Warren Sonbert Retrospective