Movie News: Five Feet Apart, Carmine Street Guitars, Josh Groban, 21 Years, GKids Fest
Featuring a cast of prominent musicians and artists, and some virtuoso performances, the film captures five days in the life of one shop in the heart of Greenwich Village that remains resilient to an all-too-quickly vanishing way of life.
Watch Trailer For ‘Carmine Street Guitars’
Once the center of the New York bohemia, Greenwich Village is now home to lux restaurants, and buzzer door clothing stores catering to the nouveau riche. But one shop in the heart of the Village remains resilient to the encroaching gentrification: Carmine Street Guitars.
Film News Roundup
Abramorama is partnering with Experience Hendrix LLC and Sony Legacy Recordings to release their concert documentary “Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church” in more than 35 theaters over the next two months.
'Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church' Documentary Headed to Theaters: Exclusive
The film's theatrical run -- through Abramorama, which also did Ron Howard's documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week -- The Touring Years -- begins Jan. 31, including a special screening at the ArcLight Hollywood theater that will include a discussion by director John McDermott of Experience Hendrix, record producer and engineer Eddie Kramer, Experience Hendrix CEO Janie Hendrix and Steve Rash, the original producer/director of Atlanta Pop.
‘Who Will Write Our History’ Tops Slow Pack of Debuts
Who Will Write, a documentary released by Abramorama, found an audience this weekend with its $12,719 gross. The portrait of a man who kept an archive of recollections in the Warsaw Ghetto will get access to a much larger audience with an event slate of showings later this month.
‘Who Will Write Our History’ Part Of International Holocaust Remembrance Day Plans – Global Briefs
Who Will Write Our History, Abramorama’s Roberta Grossman documentary about a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940 who fought back against Nazi propaganda with pen and paper, will be spotlighted as part of a global screening event January 27 on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
‘The Bruce McMouse Show’ Playing In Select Cinemas Around The World On January 21st
The theatrical premiere of this previously never-before-seen film Features live performances from Paul McCartney & Wings and the animated Bruce McMouse. Today Paul announced in partnership with Abramorama and MPL/Capitol/UMe to premiere The Bruce McMouse Show in select cinemas around the world on Monday 21st January.
Exclusive: Roberta Grossman’s WWII Resistance Doc “Who Will Write Our History” Secures Release
From Abramorama, the documentary tracing the work of historian Emanuel Ringelblum and a group of journalists, scholars, and community leaders — who defied the Nazis and their propaganda by recording the war from the Jewish perspective — will open at New York’s Quad Cinema on January 18 and at multiple Laemmle theaters in Los Angeles on February 1.
Documentary filmmakers are using animation in novel ways to tell their stories
Abramorama’s Liyana (2018) and Montage of Heck (2015) use animation to bring their stories to life.
Finn Wittrock Pines After His Childhood Love in Write When You Get Work Trailer
Finn Wittrock takes on the role of a man obsessed by a childhood love in his upcoming romantic comedy Write When You Get Work. In a PEOPLE exclusive trailer for his new film, the American Horror Story actor plays Jonny Collins, a man dedicated to infiltrating the life of a woman named Ruth Duffy (Legion‘s Rachel Keller), who he used to know.
‘Write When You Get Work’, With Finn Wittrock & Rachel Keller, Gets Theatrical Date Via Abramorama
EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Write When You Get Work, the new movie from My New Gun writer-director Stacy Cochran. The romantic comedy starring Finn Wittrock and Rachel Keller, who play former lovers whose paths cross years later (with a heist thrown in for good measure), will bow in New York beginning November 23 ahead of a cross-country rollout in which Cochran will be on hand for a Q&A following each city screening. Emily Mortimer also stars.
“Carmine Street Guitars” to play for Abramorama
New York-based indie distributor Abramorama has acquired the U.S. theatrical rights to director/producer Ron Mann’s 10th feature documentary, Carmine Street Guitars.
‘Carmine Street Guitars’ Scores Abramorama Deal Ahead Of New York Film Festival Bow
EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired U.S. rights to Carmine Street Guitars, the Ron Mann-directed documentary that takes a snapshot of Rick Kelly’s fabled Greenwich Village shop where he makes guitars out of salvaged wood from historic New York buildings. The instruments have been used by the likes of Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and Patti Smith.
‘Under The Wire’ Docu, True Story Of Marie Colvin & Paul Conroy, Lands At Abramorama
EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has sealed a U.S. distribution deal for Under the Wire, the feature documentary by Chris Martin that tells war photographer Paul Conroy’s story of he and Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin’s fateful 2012 mission in Syria, where Colvin was killed while they were covering the siege of Homs.
We’re Living in a Golden Age of Music Documentaries: Five Breakdowns
How a quartet of different movies released in the last month — and one hitting theaters this Friday — are contributing to the Era of Peak Music Doc
Two Years Ago, Two Seminal Film Companies Closed Their Doors -- How Has Indie Film Fared Since?
Abramorama, a company I mentioned in my 2016 piece, continues to thrive with stirring music documentaries geared toward loving fanbases, and Hereditary backers A24 give a former studio exec like me renewed hope that a film company can still get by on impeccable taste and an outstanding catalog.
Medical Cannabis Doc ‘Weed the People’ Scores Distribution
Mangurama and Bobb Films have bought U.S. and Canadian theatrical distribution rights for the documentary “Weed the People,” executive produced by Ricki Lake.
TIFF ’18: Doc distributors round-up
Abramorama is a New York-based global theatrical distribution and rights management partner for music films, founded in 2000. Richard Abramowitz, CEO, is attending TIFF 2018.
Premiere of Abramorama's Matangi/ Maya/ M.I.A.
Premiere Of Abramorama’s Matangi/ Maya/ M.I.A.
Banish the Meanies
Coinciding with the film's 50th anniversary, the newly restored version will give audiences "the best version of this film they've ever seen," said Richard Abramowitz, chief executive officer of Abramorama.