Grab a Hunk of Lightning (2014)
• August 29th, 2014 • 1h 59min
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Overview
Her celebrated photograph Migrant Mother is one of the most recognized and arresting images in the world, a haunting portrait that came to represent the suffering of America’s Great Depression. Yet few know the story, struggles and profound body of work of the woman who created the portrait: Dorothea Lange
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