Detroit's Rivera backdrop

Detroit's Rivera 2017 Directed by Julio Ramos

The labor of public art

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.

Language English
Gneres Documentary , History
Release Date 15 June 2017
35 mins
Cast
Diego Rivera Self (Archive Footage)
Frida Kahlo Self (Archive Footage)
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