Roberta Cantow is pleased to announce that Highlights from her award-winning music documentary, Accordions Rising, will be shown at the National Accordion Association Convention in Richardson, Texas March 8-11. The DVD and Blu Ray disks are still available for purchase (but going fast) from the film’s website: www.accordionsrising.com/
In addition to the attention that the film received at US film festivals, (Bare Bones, Cinema on the Bayou, Indie Filmfest and Global Accolade Competition, it is now getting seen with purchases far and wide and has made it into the UK, Sweden, Germany, Australia and Denmark. Accordions Rising is not a historical documentary but one that emphasizes some of the ways the instrument is alive today.
AWW continues to provide up to date information on “Accordions Rising”, the important documentary on the accordion, created by prominent film maker, Roberta Cantow. So far the film has received the Winner, Award of Merit from the Accolade Global Film Competition and is the 2016 Official Selection of the Cinema On the Bayou Film Festival. Read future publications of the USA News for updates.
Roberta Cantow said, “Accordions Rising” had its debut screening at the Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival in Lafayette, Louisiana in January, 2016, where it was well received by an audience of film goers, music educators, music aficionados and film enthusiasts. Within no more than a week, the very reputable educational film distribution company, Filmakers Library expressed an interest in wanting it for their collection. This is very good news for the film since Filmaker’s Library is now an imprint of Alexander Street Press, Inc.
This means that the film will have the possibility of being purchased, screened, streamed and presented in university and public libraries, and for college classrooms all over the country and beyond.” Roberta has a long-standing relationship with this company which has been distributing her film, “Clotheslines”, since 1982, and she is thrilled.
From the “Accordions Rising” Website: “Accordions Rising offers entertaining, conversational style interviews, anecdotal commentary and both formal and informal music performances from celebrated accordionists, composers and bands working in America today.
These musicians make up the colorful and thoughtful cast of characters who drive the story by tracing their uniquely personal attractions to the instrument and sharing their surprisingly divergent paths: from immigrant roots, Creole or Roma beginnings, for example, to a recognition of the very special niche this so-called “low art” form provides for inspirations in jazz, classical, new music, pop, fusion forms, operatic styles and beyond.
The film provides a tapestry of fascinating individuals, their attitudes, deep passions, and above of all else, profound dedication to the instrument. We learn that though still a rebellious lot, these music makers have an audience in some of the hippest hide-a-ways and most sought after mainstream venues. The film makes clear that the so-called “accordion world” is actually a curious continuum that includes everything from wacky and kitsch to sophisticated, serious, meditative and post modern. As Dr. William Schimmel points out, “the accordion is the icon of the 21st century.”
Roberta’s life long career in film making has rendered several Best of Category Awards, a Film of Great Merit Award and a Best of Festival Award, among others.
Accordions Rising is also now streaming on three different platforms with more platforms to be announced in the coming months. As of March 7, itunes will be added. Anyone who watches the film on Amazon can/should leave a viewer’s Review and Star Rating which helps the film get to Recommended by Amazon
For further information: rcantow@originaldigital.net
