A new documentary about photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) recounts how one woman navigated work, love, and family in the first half of the twentieth century. It also captures an artist/documentarian who was on the cutting edge of United States history, bearing witness to events from the Great Depression to the shameful legacy of World War II internment camps to the destruction of the environment.

Lange was determined to present the truth, at whatever cost. She said, “The camera is a powerful instrument for saying to the world, ‘This is the way it is. Look at it.’”