Celebrate World Accordion Day with Film, “Accordions Rising”
May 1st 2021
Rita Davidson Barnea, Editor Accordion USA News


“Accordions Rising,”the music documentary, is about “all things accordion music.” The diversity, variety, the wonder and the magic, the return to the land of joy. Here’s how you can hop on board to watch it streaming and on DVD and Blu Ray: Amazon, (Amazon Prime members can watch for free), You Tube, Google Play, itunes, Vudu, Rotten Tomatoes, Inide Rights and www.primevideo.com (Search title). Also On Roku (Free Dowload) at Indie Rights (Free).
For DVD and BluRay – Write to: rccantow@gmail.com
Roberta Cantow shares, “World Accordion Day is coming May 6, 2021, but the film, “Accordions Rising”, has been available since 2015 and you can honor the occassion by watching now. Streaming and on DVD.”
Now that things are getting back to normal, we can all return to our “accordion love” and one very good way to do that is to watch the film. It celebrates the instrument, its music, its players and its afficionados. If you have not seen it, it is still new and accordions are still rising, as is their reputation! Streaming now – so you can watch whenever your heart desires. “Accordions Rising” offers entertaining interviews, anecdotal commentary and both formal and informal music performances from celebrated accordionists, composers, and bands working in America today.
The film provides a tapestry of fascinating individuals, their attitudes, deep passions, and above all else, profound dedication to the instrument. You will learn that these musicians have an audience, from some of the hippest hideaways to the most sought after mainstream venues. The film makes clear that the accordion world includes everything from wacky and kitsch to sophisticated, serious, meditative and post-modern.
Roberta Cantow was recognized with her first 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 of 4 film works. 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 other awards and presentations. Her films and videos have garnered several Best of Category Citations in film festivals around the country as well as an Award of Excellence for Dreamtime, in 2008 and Awards of Merit for Not a Still Life, and Accordions Rising, all in the documentary category, from the Accolade Competition.
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.
The film has received the following awards:
Global Accolade Competition – Award of Merit, November, 2015
Bare Bones International Music and Film Festival – Best Movie Poster, April, 2016
Indie Film Fest, August, 2016 – Award of Merit
Available on:
bit.ly/2lrM3NzAccordions_on_Amazon
bit.ly/2kHTpgWAccordions_on_YouTube
bit.ly/2kVhWuhpmAccordions_on_GooglePlay
bit.ly/2pHQofs_Accordions_on_itunes
bit.ly/2n9uAeT_Accordion_on_Vudu
http://bit.ly/2umyKk1_on_RottenTomatoes
http://bit.ly/2mAaUh3_on_IndieRights
www.primevideo.com – all other English speaking countries
Also:
On Roku (Free Dowload) at Indie Rights (Free)
BluRays – Barnes and Noble, Best Buy, Amazon and
https://www.moviezyng.com/810162030032.aspx
For DVDs and further information: rccantow@gmail.com
