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The work of Michael Maglaras & Terri Templeton

DVD Released: John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!

Filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films announce that their new film “John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!” is now available on DVD. Written, narrated and directed by Michael Maglaras, this 95 minute essay in film tells the story of John Marin — one of the most important artistic figures of the […]

This Saturday: John Marin film featured at National Gallery of Art

Filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films will screen their new documentary John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint! at the National Gallery of Art this Saturday, July 3 at 3:00pm. Read the Fosters Daily Democrat article at this link. View the film listing at this link. View the full summer film schedule […]

Michael Maglaras Remarks on His Work

Watch a behind the scenes interview with filmmaker Michael Maglaras of 217 Films. He talks about what inspires him to create the films he makes, why he selects the topics he does, the creative process and thought behind his work, and his unique personal style of storytelling through “essays in film.”

May 27: New Britain Museum of American Art

Special Red Carpet EventConnecticut Premiere Thursday, May 27, 5:30pm By reservation only John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!A new film by Michael Maglaras Ashford, Connecticut-based filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films will debut their new documentary John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint! at the New Britain Museum of American Art. […]

Annie Finch on Michael Maglaras

Don’t miss Annie Finch’s post on the Poetry Foundation’s blog: Audacity of Voice: The Poet as Actor, Michael Maglaras’ Hiawatha Marathon, and How I Made my CD. An excerpt follows below: Michael Maglaras is an professional reader-aloud of poetry. He trained as an opera singer, and he loves poetry, and one of the things he […]

This is not your grandmother’s “Hiawatha”

Longfellow’s best-loved poems to be read Sunday By Chris Bergeron/DAILY NEWS STAFF Apr 16, 2010 Though Henry Wadsworth Longfellow never spent a night at the Wayside Inn, the 19th century bard’s verse will resound through the Martha-Mary Chapel Sunday afternoon in dramatic readings of two of his best-loved poems. Former opera singer Michael Maglaras will […]

April 10: Visible Silence to air on MPBN Televsion

(Marsden Hartley photographed by George Platt Lynes. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Used by permission.) 217 Films‘ documentary Visible Silence: Marsden Hartley, Painter and Poet which illuminates the life and work of world-renowned painter Marsden Hartley, will air on the television stations of MPBN on Saturday, April 10 at 11:00am. This is […]

Massachusetts Premiere — John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!

Don’t miss 217 Films‘ new documentary “John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!” at the Cape Ann Community Cinema in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton will introduce the film and take questions following the screening. WHAT: “John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!“ 2009. Not rated. 110 minutes. WHEN: THIS Sunday, March […]

“The Song of Hiawatha” and the Artist as Hero

Follow this link to read Michael Maglaras’s view on performing The Song of Hiawatha. A behind-the-scenes look at interpreting Longfellow’s masterpiece. On April 18, 2010 Michael Maglaras will perform a dramatic reading of this poem for the Longfellow Big Read. More information at this link.