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Disfarmer: A Portrait of America

Disfarmer: A Portrait of America

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Disfarmer: A Portrait of America

2010

0h 52m

7.0(3 votes)

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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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Directed by: Martin Lavut

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