Grandma Moses

1950 short film portrait of the octogenarian folk artist. Nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Short Subject, One-reel".

Cast

Archibald Macleish

Archibald Macleish

as Narrator

Grandma Moses

Grandma Moses

as Herself

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Anna Mary Moses has spent much of her near eighty years living on the farm. Having married young, she reared ten children with her husband before a few dexterity issues in later life led her to try out painting. In many ways her works are a little like LS Lowry’s more industrial scenes. Not grand sc...

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