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 spellbinding 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, brought to life through voiceover and archival imagery. Contributions from the world’s leading experts on O’Keeffe.
Directed by Academy-Award and Emmy Winner Paul Wagner. Produced by Ellen Casey Wagner.
With the cooperation of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.