Celebrate the 30th anniversary of David Petersen’s remastered landmark film with a post-screening discussion with the director, executive producers Nancy and Russ Suniewick and artist Rebecca Raubacher.  

In the 1930s, artist Jack Lewis painted farmers, migrant workers, and fishermen in small towns across the country. Lewis hitchhiked on back roads to capture people tilling the land or reeling in their catch. Originally hired by the federal Works Progress Administration, he upheld the tradition of showing the dignity of labor in his depictions of everyday life. Finally landing in Bridgeville, Delaware, Lewis became the teacher and resident artist for over 50 years. Nearly everyone in town would be his student, and many became artists themselves.  

If You Lived Here You Would Be Home Now follows Lewis’s work, demonstrating how a single artist can change ordinary citizens by making art central to their daily lives. (David Petersen, 1996, DCP, 86 minutes)