Roberta Cantow will present her film, “Accordions Rising” at both the 2016 Las Vegas Accordion Convention August 8-11, 2016 (Rooms and times to be announce at the event) and the 2016 Cotati Accordion Festival on Saturday August 21, 2016 at 2:30 PM and 5:PM and on Sunday, August 22 at 2:30 PM.
There will also be a presentation of the Highlights of the film at the 2016 Accordion Noir Festival in Vancouver, BC in September and a screening of the full film at the Vancouver Squeezebox Circle the following week. (Times and dates to be announced in later publications.)
Joe Petosa of Petosa Accordions in Seattle, Washington offers his review: “I watched the film in its entirety. I thought it was exceptional and a refreshing updated version of the present accordion market and it’s foreseeable future. We congratulate you on a film well done.”
Robynne Snow, who presented on Roberta’s behalf at the Silver Falls Accordion Camp, sponsored by the rose City Accordion Club early in June and at the Leavenworth International Accordion Festival, sponsored by the Northwest Accordion Club on June 17, 2016 reported: “I have had occasion to watch this film in front of several audiences, mainly accordionists. People laughed, they clapped, they nodded, they were rapt with attention.
This is a movie about art and the accordion: about musicianship, about different genres of music and styles of playing, about the past and about the present revival of accordion playing.
“Accordions Rising” captures the lure of the accordion as a folk instrument and its versatility as an instrument of classical and contemporary music. It is a remarkable achievement as Roberta Cantow is not an accordionist. She has a keen eye for what appeals to people of all walks of life about music and art in general and specifically how the accordion engages that appeal. Bravo!”
Roberta said, “The information about “Accordions Rising” is now in the on-line catalog for Filmakers Library’s Academic Video Store: https://www.academicvideostore.com/video/accordions-rising where it is available for educators, libraries and academic institutions who would want to make use of it in those settings vs. my (or a distributor’s) future DVD or Bluy Ray sales, which will be for home/personal use exclusively.”
From the Accordions Rising Documentary website:
“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 hideaways 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.”
If you would like to be informed of the film’s formal release on DVD: Go to the website: www.accordionsrising.com – Click on Contact and join the mailing list or Contact Roberta:rcantow@originaldigital.net
For further information:
Roberta Cantow,
Producer/Director
858-487-4945
rcantoo@earthlink.net
rcantow@originaldigital.net
