Henry,  Can't wait to see "A Worthy Life," though apparently I missed its
first appearance in Richmond last week.  Guess having a TV would help.

In any case:  I predict it's going to Hollywood.  Cate Blanchett is perfect
for the role . . .

With best wishes,
Camille Wells.

> To answer Kevin's question -- Donna recounts her discovery in the
> documentary and in the Intro to the book, "Photographing Montana 1894-1928:
> The Life and Work of Evelyn Cameron," which is available on Amazon, and
> elsewhere of course, in hardback and PB.  The documentary is being shown in
> many parts of the country, though not at the same time.  The Richmond
> station showed it last week, I think; and it may surface in VA again.
> Evelyn lived a truly extraordinary life--English aristocrat finds herself
> more or less stranded on a remote Montana ranch in the 1890s, flat broke,
> useless husband (whom she loves anyway), and instead of yielding to despair
> she totally remakes her life, embracing the harshness, the cruelty, and the
> vitality of the frontier.  After years of "tea time!" in England she never
> wanted to go back there -- she loved the West, which she thought was the
> only place a woman could be free.  Farm/horse/ranch people will be
> particularly fascinated by the story.  For years film producers tried to get
> a feature made out in Hollywood but it never came together; maybe now it will.
>
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