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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Film Announcement: “Enough to Live On: The Art of the WPA”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 217 Films CONTACT: Tami Kennedy | 207-838-0816 | [email protected] New film celebrates the upcoming 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Art Project…the story about how artists, actors, and writers helped lift us out of the Great Depression ASHFORD, CONNECTICUT (January 22, 2014) – Connecticut-based independent film makers Michael Maglaras and […]