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    American Masters: Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning

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    Poster of the movie American Masters: Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning
    2014     Musical biography documentary    
    USA
    2h 

    "Grab a Hunk of Lightning" delves into the life of photographer Dorothea Lange, the woman who captured the iconic "Migrant Mother," through her granddaughter's eyes. Lange was known for documenting the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, World War II Japanese American Internment camps, and early environmentalism, but "Grab a Hunk of Lightning" focuses on the woman behind the camera, exploring her struggles, muses, and body of work.

    Directed byDyanna Taylor
    Written byDyanna Taylor

    Featuring

    Dyanna Taylor
    Dorothea Lange
    Clair Brown
    Richard Conrad
    Daniel Dixon
    Donald Fanger
    Christina Clausen Gardner
    Jan Goggans
    Linda Gordon
    Becky Jenkins
    Paul Kitagaki
    Elizabeth Partridge
    Rondal Partridge
    Sandra Phillips
    Anne Whiston Spirn
    Sally Stein
    Richard Steven Street
    John Szarkowski
    Paul Taylor
    Margot Taylor-Fanger
    David Weiman

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