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Georgia O'Keeffe

Summary

With unprecedented access to O’Keeffe’s groundbreaking body of work, and voiced with poignancy and power by Claire Danes as Georgia O’Keeffe and narrated by Hugh Dancy, this film offers an in-depth, cinematic, and fresh portrait of the artist known as the "Mother of Modernism." From her early struggles and artistic awakenings to her rise as a feminist icon and cultural force, THE BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT is a journey through love, loss, and the radical independence that shaped O’Keeffe’s art and her legend.Features personal letters between O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. Contributions from the world’s leading experts on O’Keeffe with the cooperation of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.

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