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Movie of the Week 

MOVIE OF THE WEEK June 5, 2026: GEORGIA O’KEEFFE: THE BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT

Jennifer Merin , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

American visual artists don’t get much more iconic than Georgia O’Keeffe, the pioneering modern abstract painter whose iconic images have adorned walls everywhere from prestigious museums to college dorm rooms. In his thorough documentary Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light, director Paul Wagner tells her fascinating, nearly century-long life story, following her and her evolving art from the plains of the Midwest to the New Mexico high desert and everywhere in between.

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Reviews 

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE: THE BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT – Review by Leslie Combemale

Leslie Combemale , , , , , , , ,

Whether you’ve never heard of Georgia O’Keeffe, lived with a poster of one of her flowers as your first piece of art, or, as in the case with a friend of mine, had a family that bought one of her originals in the 40s and proudly displayed it in their multi-generational house, you’ll learn something from this new film. That’s true not only because Wagner delves into the reasons and season of O’Keeffe’s time in Charlottesville and how it influenced the rest of her artistic life, but also because he leverages thousands of letters between O’Keeffe and Stieglitz only released in 2006. They reveal many of the events and emotional experiences that shaped O’Keeffe’s art and life.

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