Many Beautiful Things

From Executive Producer Hisao Kurosawa, (Dreams, Ran), comes the untold story of one of the world’s greatest women artists and why her name was nearly lost to history. Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Victorian England to meet Lilias Trotter, a daring young woman who defied all norms by winning the favor of England’s top art critic, John Ruskin. In an era when women were thought incapable of producing high art, Ruskin promised that her work could be “immortal.” But with her legacy on the line, Lilias made a stunning decision that bids us to question the limits of sacrifice. As Lilias journeys to French Algeria in the late 1800’s to pioneer work with women and children, viewers are left to wonder, “Could you abandon a dream to pursue your true calling?” Featuring the voices of Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) and John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones).

Directed and Produced by Laura Waters Hinson

Narrated by Michelle Dockery and John Rhys-Davis

Featuring Miriam Rockness

Cinematography by Kasey Kirby and Patrick Meade Jones

Edited by Barbara Ballow and Laura Waters Hinson

Original Score by Sleeping at Last

Executive Producers: Hisao Kurosawa, Brian and Sally Oxley

Director of Outreach: Genevieve Embler

Art Director: Austin Blasingame

Color by Robbie Carman

Sound Design by Jeremy Guyre

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