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Many Beautiful Things (2015)

Many Beautiful Things poster
Directed by
Laura Waters Hinson
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Lilias Trotter, a female artist in the 1800s. She chooses to leave her life in England to do missionary work in French Algeria.

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What happens

Many Beautiful Things is a 2015 documentary film written and directed by Laura Waters Hinson. It follows the story of 19th century female artist, Lilias Trotter, and her decision to leave her life in England for a life of missionary work in French Algeria. This film features Michelle Dockery and John Rhys-Davies with the original film score written and performed by Sleeping at Last. The film was produced by Oxvision Films and Image Bearer Pictures. It premiered at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana on 17 October 2015. It showed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on 6 February 2016 as a part of its nationwide release tour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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