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Great Photo, Lovely Life

Great Photo, Lovely Life

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Great Photo, Lovely Life

2023

1h 52m

6.9(19 votes)

Documentary

Overview

A photojournalist turns her lens on the decades of sexual abuse her family and community experienced at the hands of her grandfather in this unflinching portrait of intergenerational trauma, family secrets, and redemption.

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Amanda Mustard

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