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The work of Michael Maglaras & Terri Templeton

Susan Dunne Goes Behind the Scenes of New Film on the Arts of the WPA

Susan Dunne of the Hartford Courant takes you behind the scenes of 217 Films’ new documentary on the arts of the WPA.  Read her article at this link. Don’t miss the world premiere of “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” this Thursday, May 14th at the New Britain Museum of American Art. […]

Connecticut Magazine Features 217 Films

The New Britain Museum of American Art brings you the film.  Kate Hartman at Connecticut Magazine brings you the story.  Read all about the May 14 world premiere of our new film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” at this link. WHAT:  World Premiere of 217 Films’ “Enough to Live On: The […]

On This Day in History

WORLD PREMIERE A New Film by Michael Maglaras Enough to Live On:  The Arts of the WPA View clips at this link. Filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton return to the New Britain Museum of American Art with a celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Works Progress Administration…the WPA…the federal initiative that, using art, theater, […]

Sneak Peak: Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA

Our new film “Enough the Live On: The Arts of the WPA” includes a section about the Harlem Renaissance and the groundbreaking work of the great muralist Aaron Douglas. This clip from the film is introduced with the poetry of Langston Hughes and features a composition by African American composer William Grant Still and an […]

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

Detail: Life of Action, Carl W. Peters, 1937. Mural.  Photography: Fotowerks/St. Clair Photo Imaging, Rochester, NY On May 6, 1935…the arts in America started to lift us out of the Great Depression. On May 14, 2015…at the New Britain Museum of American Art, we celebrate the arts that helped us rebuild our society. Filmmakers Michael […]

New film on the arts of the WPA features the Harlem Renaissance

Our new film “Enough the Live On: The Arts of the WPA” will include a section about the Harlem Renaissance and the groundbreaking work of the great muralist Aaron Douglas. This clip from the film is introduced with the poetry of Langston Hughes and features a composition by African American composer William Grant Still and […]

Associated Press Interviews Filmmaker Michael Maglaras

Film highlights art from Works Progress Administration CAROLYN THOMPSON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday, February 15, 2015 Eighty years after the federal Works Progress Administration put unemployed artists to work creating sculptures and murals for post offices and courthouses comes this reminder from film maker Michael Maglaras: Look around. Much of the art is still there […]

The Arts of the WPA

Shooting is nearly complete and rough editing has begun for our new film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA.”  This photo is from our shoot this summer in Portland, Maine.  Read all about the remarkable man we interviewed at this link. “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” will premiere in […]