Hidden away in the archives of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, lies boxes of letters, photos and a 300-page transcript of conversations between self-taught, visionary artist Minnie Evans and photographer Nina Howell Starr (1903-2000.) In an hour-long documentary film, Minnie’s voice will shed light on her life and artistic process. Employing details from her surrealist drawings and paintings, archival photos, archives and landscapes that inspired her visions, we experience her spiritual dream world. Along the way, in interviews with family, art researchers and collectors of Minnie’s art, we learn how these two extraordinary women of different races and backgrounds became close and loving friends.
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