GME Gem #6: "Something in the photograph comes alive, tells a little story." - Hugh Bell

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GME Gem #6: "Something in the photograph comes alive, tells a little story." - Hugh Bell

Hugh Bell (1927-2012) spent a lot of time doing the thing he liked best, photographing jazz musicians. After graduating from NYU in 1952 with a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Cinematic Art, Bell’s iconic photo “Hot Jazz” was selected by Edward Steichen for inclusion in The Museum of Modern Art's landmark exhibition, The Family of Man, one of the most successful photographic exhibitions of all time.

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GME DVD Distribution – DVD Categories Overview - Spring 2018

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GME DVD Distribution – DVD Categories Overview - Spring 2018

During the past decade, Gartenberg Media Enterprises (GME) has been actively engaged in seeking out and representing high quality DVD & Blu-ray publications from film archives and boutique publishers around the world, representing films and videos that encompass important works from the breadth and depth of the history of the moving image. These premiere publications are made available by GME exclusively for institutional purchase by the university market in North America. We currently offer more than 150 publications that are noted here. These works range from pioneers of the silent narrative cinema to cutting edge filmmakers of the contemporary avant-garde.

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Screening of 3 GME Released Zanzibar Films at the National Gallery of Art

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Screening of 3 GME Released Zanzibar Films at the National Gallery of Art

GME distributes several important Zanzibar titles, including Jackie Raynal's DEUX FOIS (1969) and Serge Bard's DÉTRUISEZ-VOUS (1968) and VITE (1969) which are now screening in the Paris, May ’68: Zanzibar and Philippe Garrel films series at the National Gallery of Art through May 27th.

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GME DVD Distribution – Spring 2018 Recap

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GME DVD Distribution – Spring 2018 Recap

With the spring academic season now coming to a close, Gartenberg Media Enterprises is pleased to provide a recap of our most recent 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 moving image works extend from pioneering female director Alice Guy’s LES CHIENS SAVANTS (1902), part of an essential compilation of cinematic works by EARLY WOMEN FILMMAKERS, through to Peter Tscherkassky’s award-winning THE EXQUISITE CORPUS (2015), presented on the latest DVD compilation of his films, entitled EXQUISITE ECSTASIES (2015).

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