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Artists, activists, and a tastemaker growing older with resiliency, resistance, and continued vision.
Program contains 4 films including a pre-recorded Filmmaker Interview.
Total Running Time: 1 hr. 26 min.
Why show a protest artist’s 1990s radical murals? Are they still relevant today? Mary Perry Stone, a former WPA sculptor, didn’t drink, smoke or lead a wild life. Her passion was being a social protest artist; it remained so throughout her life. When she was in her eighties and early nineties, Mary painted many murals depicting what she deemed the horrors of Capitalism. Her art was her own, expressive and powerful.
- Year2016
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUS
- DirectorRamie Streng
- EditorPatricia Somers
Artists, activists, and a tastemaker growing older with resiliency, resistance, and continued vision.
Program contains 4 films including a pre-recorded Filmmaker Interview.
Total Running Time: 1 hr. 26 min.
Why show a protest artist’s 1990s radical murals? Are they still relevant today? Mary Perry Stone, a former WPA sculptor, didn’t drink, smoke or lead a wild life. Her passion was being a social protest artist; it remained so throughout her life. When she was in her eighties and early nineties, Mary painted many murals depicting what she deemed the horrors of Capitalism. Her art was her own, expressive and powerful.
- Year2016
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUS
- DirectorRamie Streng
- EditorPatricia Somers