Fascinating film, beautifully done BUT


I felt it short-changed the musician/composer aspect of Hildegard's life and career. Still, it's a wonderful film and I'm glad I saw it.

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I thought it was beautiful as well, but I thought it shortchanged a lot of her life...and yet, we are talking about a life that was quite long for the time period, and in which she was an accomplished herbalist/medical woman, "writer", composer, preacher, abbess, and teacher. I think in this film, this producer focused on what she valued. I'm actually now working on a stage-play that will delve more into her spiritual life and her music. So those are the things I value, and I can only hope someone someday will say "beatifully done BUT..."

:)

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