Dorothea Lange. Pt. 1: under the trees

United States, 1965

Film
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An intimate view of Dorothea Lange filmed during the last year of her life as she worked on a retrospective exhibition for the Museum of Modern Art. As she reviews her work, she is self critical and revealing, explaining how she felt when she took certain pictures. Most famous for her rural images during the depression, particularly the photograph ‘Migrant Mother’. Photographed by Phillip Greene.

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Credits

director

Richard Moore

producer

Robert Katz

producer/director

Philip Greene

production company

KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)

Duration

00:28:50:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1965

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

504445

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Exhibitions

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photographers

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photographers - Biography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photographers - United States

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photographs - Psychological aspects

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography, Artistic

Crafts & Visual Arts → Women photographers

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Depressions - 1929 - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women

History → Depressions - 1929 - United States

History → History

People → Lange, Dorothea

People → Photographers - Biography

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

Wikidata

Q120358576

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