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New Film on the Arts of the WPA Creates Buzz in Portland, Maine

Film lovers and fans of WPA art turned out in full force in Portland, Maine last week for a special showing of “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA.”  This screening raised funds for Goodwill Industries of Northern New England. Read more about this film in The Forecaster and listen to a public […]

WPA Documentary Screens in Rochester, New York

New Documentary on the Arts of the WPA Features Rochester Murals:  Remarkable Photography Process Captures These Historic Depression Era Works On Sunday, October 18, independent filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Filmsreturn to Rochester with the New York premiere of their new film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” celebrating […]

Maine Film Premiere — Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA

On Thursday, October 8, independent filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films return to Portland with the Maine premiere of their new film “Enough to Live On:The Arts of the WPA” celebrating the 80th anniversary of this epic undertaking…a celebration of President Franklin Roosevelt’s idea that the arts in America could be a […]

Buzz is Building in the Motor City for New WPA Film

Tuesday, Sept 15One-night-only!  Our new film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” will screen at Cinema Detroit.  Don’t miss your chance to see it!  View clips from the film at this link.WHAT: “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” introduced by filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films. A […]

ARTES Magazine Reviews 217 Films’ New Documentary on the Arts of the WPA

“With the recent release of their sixth and latest essay in film, “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA,” 217 Films has brilliantly captured the tenor of that times, with all of its complexity, controversy and hope. Husband and wife team, Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton, production company executives, have demonstrated their ability to delve into […]

Director’s Statement – Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA

By Michael Maglaras Eighty years ago in 1935, as we were in the middle of the Great American Depression, many people asked whether America’s best days were behind her. From time to time, as I am stunned by what I see and read in so much of today’s news, I ask that same question, as […]

The Arts of the WPA on the Big Screen in Detroit

The next stop for our new film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” is September 15 at Cinema Detroit.  Filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films will introduce the screening. “Enough to Live On” celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Art Project; the New Deal […]

Film on the 1913 Armory Show to Screen in Ludlow, Vermont

On Wednesday, July 15 at 7:00pm our film on the 1913 Armory Show will screen at the Mount Holly Town Library in Ludlow, Vermont.  Excerpts from the film can be viewed at this link. WHAT:  Vermont premiere of 217 Films’ “The Great Confusion:  The 1913 Armory Show”  WHEN:  Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 7:30 PM […]