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 […]
One Night Only at Cinema Detroit: New WPA Film Featuring Diego Rivera’s “Detroit Industry” Murals
September 15: Connecticut filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films are coming to Detroit to screen their new film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” at Cinema Detroit. When Franklin Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in May of 1935, he wanted to use the arts in America to help lift […]
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 […]
TIME — Harry Hopkins Starts Work (May 22, 1933)
Terri Templeton, Diana Hopkins Halsted and Michael Maglaras Last night, we screened our new film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum to a thoughtful and enthusiastic audience. We were honored to have Diana Hopkins Halsted and her family attend. Diana is the daughter of Harry Hopkins, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Historic WPA Murals in Rochester, New York Preserved in Photos
Connecticut-based filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films have collaborated with the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester to photograph and digitize two historic Works Progress Administration murals painted in Rochester by Carl W. Peters. “Life of Action” and “Life of Contemplation,” important works of art from the WPA era, are […]
Peoria Riverfront Museum to Screen “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show”
217 Films just added a new screening date for “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show.” This film will screen on December 13 at 5:00pm at the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, Illinois. Director Michael Maglaras will be in attendance to introduce the film. The next chance to see this film is October 26 in Falmouth, Virginia […]
Modernism and the American Idiom: A Conversation with Film-maker, Michael Maglaras
ARTES MAGAZINE A Fine Arts Magazine: Passionate for Fine Art, Architecture & Design Modernism and the American Idiom: A Conversation with Film-maker, Michael Maglaras September 29, 2014 Richard Friswell Seymour Fogel (1911 – 1984), The Wealth of the Nation, 1938. Mural. Social Security Building, Washington, DC (installed 1942). …I sought out a conversation with Michael […]