Disfarmer: A Portrait of America

Disfarmer: A Portrait of America (2010)

May 31st, 20100h 52min

Documentary
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Mike Disfarmer, small town portrait photographer turned posthumous art star. This is the story of an eccentric curmudgeon and artistic icon whose powerful pictures of depression-era USA have left an unlikely mark on the modern Manhattan art world.


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