

Sister Wendy's American Collection
2001-09-05 · 60 min / episode · ★ 10.0
Sister Wendy Beckett, a cloistered nun and Oxford-educated art scholar, takes an art appreciation tour across America, visiting six major art museums in this 6-hours documentary series from PBS.
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- United States of America
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