Detroit's Rivera

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Release date: June 15, 2017
Duration: 35 minutes
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Overview

A documentary on the process of production of Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Frescoes and the murals' agitated social context during the years of the Great Depression. The documentary's remarkable archival montage explores the links between industrial labor, public art, and industrial cinema under the exigencies of Fordism.

Starring

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Diego Rivera
Self (Archive Footage)
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Frida Kahlo
Self (Archive Footage)