Georgia O’Keeffe: the Brightness of Light

Narrated by Hugh Dancy and featuring Claire Danes as the voice of Georgia O’Keeffe. 

The Brightness of Light illuminates the extraordinary life and lasting influence of an artist who reshaped the American art landscape. From her formative years in the Midwest to her groundbreaking rise in New York’s modernist movement, and finally to the vast, sun-drenched solitude of the New Mexico desert, the film traces O’Keeffe’s remarkable creative journey.

Blending letters, archival imagery, and the artist’s own words, Academy Award-winning director Paul Wagner paints a vivid portrait of a woman whose bold interpretations of nature and fearless independence blurred the boundaries between abstraction and realism. Georgia O’Keeffe: The Brightness of Light is a meditative and visually stunning exploration of art, love, and the search for creative freedom. 

This screening is sponsored in part by the Eastport Gallery.