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Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis

7.520231h 8mMovieHistoryDocumentary

Willem was an artist who lived openly as a gay man at a time when few did. Frieda was a well-connected musician who became the first woman to lead an orchestra. We learn of their early lives and the selfless decisions that informed their…

DirectorJohn Hay
WriterRik Carmichael

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