Announcing Free Limited Time National Streaming of “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA”
Originally released in 2015, our film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” will be streamed online…free…at THIS LINK from June 24 through July 15, 2020. Why are we doing this? First, 2020 is the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Works Progress Administration…the “WPA” and, in particular, the WPA Federal Art Project: […]
Civilisation and America: 217 Films’ New Documentary Coming in 2020
217 Films’ new documentary celebrates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. premiere of the groundbreaking BBC television series Civilisation Connecticut-based independent filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films announce the expected 2020 release date of a new film project – their eighth in 12 years and their seventh “essay in film” – highlighting […]
Lord Kenneth Clark’s “Civilisation” Featured in New Documentary by 217 Films
New documentary film celebrates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. premiere of the groundbreaking BBC television series Civilisation ASHFORD, CONNECTICUT (January 28, 2018) – Connecticut-based independent filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Filmsannounce a new film project – their eighth in 12 years and their seventh “essay in film” – highlighting the impact […]
Scribbles Reviews “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA”
“The only thing better than this documentary would be for the WPA itself to come back.” ~ Matt Hinrichs, Scrubbles In the depths of the Great Depression, president Franklin Delano Roosevelt took a bold stance in allocating federal money toward putting artists – artists! – on the U.S. government payroll. The legacy of that ambitious plan, the Works […]
Lynd Ward Film at Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum
217 Films’ “O Brother Man: The Art and and Life of Lynd Ward” Makes Columbus Debut at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum Lynd Ward is the father of the American graphic novel and one of the most prolific book illustrators and printmakers in the history of American art. The Columbus premiere of 217 […]
Maine Film Premiere of “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” to Benefit Goodwill Industries
In 1913, a major exhibition in New York City changed the way we look at art…. A decade before that in Boston, Goodwill Industries changed the way we look at people. Special film screening of “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” to benefit Goodwill Industriesof Northern New England. WHAT: Screening of 217 Films’ “The […]
Two weeks from today: World premiere of 217 Films’ new John Marin film
Just two weeks from today, the world premiere of 217 Films’ new documentary “John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!” will be held at the Portland Museum of Art. Advance tickets for the Friday, December 11th world premiere and the Saturday, December 12th encore screening are available to purchase on the Portland Museum of Art’s […]
John Marin in Maine
This clip was shot in Addison, Maine near John Marin’s home on Cape Split. Watch below or follow this link to 217 Films’ YouTube channel. Follow this link to view photos from the shoot. This new documentary, John Marin: “Let the Paint be Paint!”, will be shown for the first time on Friday, December 11 […]
Marin’s Piano: Scene from “John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!”
This scene from 217 Films’ new documentary “John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!” was shot on location at John Marin’s summer home on Cape Split in Addison, Maine. View below or follow this link to YouTube. This documentary was written, narrated and directed by Michael Maglaras. Terri Templeton is executive producer. The world premiere […]
Preview Video — Visible Silence
The short video clip below is from 217 Films new documentary Visible Silence: Marsden Hartley, Painter, and Poet. Click HERE to watch more video clips including a recent interview Bill Green did with Michael Maglaras for his WCSH6 television series Bill Green’s Maine. View photos of the interview HERE.