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Masterful Tale of An Extraordinarily Gifted Woman
Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC was a college student at Yale when she won a national competition for the Memorial Design. This video is a moving story of her presence and strength in her struggles against the political forces and angry, biased people who challenged her design. It traces the subsequent early professional years of this remarkable young woman, including a beautiful presentation of her design of the Civil Rights Memorial at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama. This video is a must for anyone with a young daughter looking for an inspiring video about women's creativity, sensitivity and strength. A great gift for aspiring woman architects and sculptors.

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poetry of the design process
This documentary film is a unique experience for which it is difficult to find a comparison. On a basic level, the film discusses several projects of artist/architect Maya Lin, a young Chinese-American woman who unexpectedly won the design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while a Yale student. Her design, a departure from conventional expectations, is now famous, and is the most visited memorial in Washington D.C. Some of the strong feelings that the Vietnam War elicits in people, especially its veterans, is touched upon in moving live scenes at the Memorial and in the controversial hearings that were held in the wake of the design's selection. The experience put Maya Lin in a national spotlight and forced the student to mature very quickly addressing the grievances of veterans and others. In the end, with some minor site additions, the Memorial stood as designed, with the names of all the veterans of Vietnam etched in its simple polished, reflective granite. Other works of Maya Lin, including the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama; the Yale Women's Table; and others demonstrate a similar simplicity and poetry that is both moving and powerful. There are moments in the film, as simple as when the artist is working at her drafting table, that suggest something both beautiful and spiritual, providing a deep insight into the creative process of this noted public artist.

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Evocative!!
Maya Lin is a great designer, and this respectful film shows us her well mannered approach to art and architecture. I'll especially note her tactile abilities in her work process, and her perfection and concerns for the built environment in this film. This DVD of Miss Lin is a down to earth inspiration to a self starting person like myself.