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Lady Bountiful

Season 13 Episode 6 | 20m 37sVideo has Closed Captions

A profile of eccentric San Francisco artist Joan Von Briesen.

'Lady Bountiful' is a look inside the world of 85 year old artist Joan Von Briesen. A mother, painter and 'the original of recycling,' Joanie has lived in her Victorian house in San Francisco's Cole Valle for almost fifty years. Through conversations with Joanie, her sister, and visitors to her home, we learn about her unusual gifts and attitudes towards life as she faces cancer and death.

07/06/2018

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Lady Bountiful

Season 13 Episode 6 | 20m 37sVideo has Closed Captions

'Lady Bountiful' is a look inside the world of 85 year old artist Joan Von Briesen. A mother, painter and 'the original of recycling,' Joanie has lived in her Victorian house in San Francisco's Cole Valle for almost fifty years. Through conversations with Joanie, her sister, and visitors to her home, we learn about her unusual gifts and attitudes towards life as she faces cancer and death.

07/06/2018

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