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Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii(2018)
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Date: 2018-01-01
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An original short film narrated by Academy Award-nominee Sigourney Weaver featuring excerpts from Georgia O’Keeffe’s personal letters to her husband written during her journey to and around the Hawaiian Islands.
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Movie: Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
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Sigourney Weaver
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Zach Grenier
Alfred Stieglitz
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An original short film narrated by Academy Award-nominee Sigourney Weaver featuring excerpts from Georgia O’Keeffe’s personal letters to her husband written during her journey to and around the Hawaiian Islands.
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2018-01-01
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