Originally produced by the Shana Corporation for the Ford Motor Company Fund. Carlos Montalban, reading from the words of Diego Rivera. "The Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University."
Summary:
Considered by the artist to be the most successful creation of his career, Diego Rivera's fresco cycle in the Detroit Institute of Arts is the finest example of Mexican muralist work in the United States. The film documents Rivera's painting of the "Detroit Industry" frescos, one of the few modern works to successfully incorporate representations of machines being transformed into dynamic, sensual forms.
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