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The production was granted full access to The Lee Miller Archives, with full cooperation and trust from Miller's family
Plot
The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.. Miller is refused entry to Hitler's apartment because it's "Officers Only." War correspondents were accorded the Captain rank, so, technically, the US Army guard should have granted her admission..
Featured in The 7PM Project: Episode dated 21 October 2024 (2024)
Lee Miller: [Handing a knife to a girl she has just saved from rape] Next time, cut it off.. The closing credits have some "what happened to" explanations ; and some of Lee's original photos, often alongside the ones which were recreated for the film..
I've seen a few reviews that seem quite dismissive about the scope and importance of Lee
But if you know about the limited freedom of women during this time period you will totally appreciate the audacity and productivity delivered here. Lee was spurned on by personal trauma to do good with her hard fought freedom to operate in a man's world.Lee has all the period clothing and historical accuracy which is no small feat, while showing the sheer determination it took to achieve access to the final Nazi front of WW2.
Many have been martyred while doing their work when jailed or taken hostage in authoritarian regimes
People back home in the US didn't believe exactly the horrors and certainly not the numbers of the Holocaust. It was the undeniable courageous journey by Lee which brought back the unmistakeable proof and witness of an evil place in historyKnowing that one can't unsee certain such things in person gives one empathy for the cost of doing photo journalism.
