Filmmaker Roberta Cantow shares, “Accordions Rising” is now available for free on YouTube, thanks to Indie Rights, my distributor.  I am providing the list here of all the places where the film can be seen where it is currently streaming:
Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Indiegogo.com, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube (Free) and coming soon, Tubi TV.”

“Accordions Rising” has won awards internationally and nationally including two different Awards of Merit in the Documentary Category and one other: Global Accolade Competition – Award of Merit, November, 2015; Indie Film Fest, August, 2016 – Award of Merit;  Bare Bones International Music and Film Festival – Best Movie Poster, April, 2016. The film has been a winner at several accordion festivals across the country and in Wales, the UK and Germany.

Roberta Cantow was recognized with her first film grant from The American Film Institute while still a graduate film student at NYU. Through the years, The New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts and others provided grants for the completion and distribution of 4 film works and videos. She received a NY Area Emmy for her film, “Clotheslines” about the symbolic and artistic role of laundry in women’s lives, as well as many others.

Roberta’s work has been exhibited in many of the venues for independents, including a presentation in the Cineprobe Series of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Her four 16mm films were selected for archival preservation by the Donnell Media Center, New York City, in 2001. All of her film and video work will be archived in the newly named Special Collections of Smith College.

I think that “Accordions Rising” is an excellent film. It is educational, relevant, and entertaining showcasing the versatility of the accordion. I recommend it to everyone.

For further information: rccantow@gmail.com