You're invited to view The Murals Documentary for free online and participate in the post screening Q&A with the Director. This Screening is sponsored by the Henry Varnum Poor Foundation. This foundation is in the process of trying to acquire the Crow House, built by HVP, in order to turn it into a museum and art colony.
The date: July 25th, 2024 7pm EST, 6 CST
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My Substack started with this project, and it contains extras that are not in the film including, the podcast and extra interviews. It will get you prepped and in the mood for the project.
For this that don’t know, I have worked on this for several years, and it has been an interesting journey and a highlight of my career as a filmmaker. It has inspired me to work on a new Documentary and to share details about other projects. My readers are very sophisticated and I try to share content that they enjoy and I can communicate ideas.
I never intended to wrk on this so long, and even this week I gathered new information about the connections between the artists involved in the project. It has been amazing to learn and to be in awe of these great artists such as Henry Varnum Poor, Carl Sandburg, Louis Sullivan, Vachel Lindsay, Dan Zanes, Peter Poor and more!
The project also spawned an original soundtrack and covers of old American folk songs that Carl Sandburg collected for “The American Songbag”. You can hear them here on Spotify:
The Murals Soundtrack on Spotify
The artists talked about in the project were giants of the 20th century, had great bodies of work, and had connections to each other and bigger events and ideas.
Here is the Longline:
The Murals
A documentary about the New Deal era Uptown Post Office Murals in Chicago. How and why they were made by Henry Varnum Poor, why they feature Carl Sandburg and Louis Sullivan, and how they inspire people today.
I hope to see you all there!
The Narrator Paul Miller and Director TG Jamroz at Old Town School of Folk Music