You know that Lifetime movies of late have gotten quite “lite.”  But this week we get a woman of substance, Georgia O’Keefe, played by a woman of substance, Joan Allen.  The movie mostly covers her life with Alfred Stieglitz (Jeremy Irons) who supported her work before any one else did.  He also became her soulmate and husband even though he was much older than she was.  Their relationship was to say the least, difficult.  He was a dog.  He slept with lots of women (and by the way left his wife to be with O’Keefe) and made excuses for his infidelities by saying he was doing it to get money for the gallery.  Yeah right.  While he wanted her to be successful, he wanted her to be with him.  He flaunted his relationships in her face so much so that she had a nervous breakdown. She realized that in order to survive as an artist, and as a person, that she needed to get away from him.

O’Keefe found serenity when she moved to Santa Fe where she lived for decades.  She is truly a unique, original, feminist icon and hopefully this film will open her up to a new audience.

Coincidentally (or not) Georgia O’Keefe’s abstracts are now on display at the Whitney Museum in NYC through January.

Film premieres Saturday, September 18 at 9pm on Lifetime.

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