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1994 American film
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
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Directed by
| Freida Lee Mock
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Written by
| Freida Lee Mock
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Produced by
| Freida Lee Mock
Terry Sanders
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Cinematography
| Don Lenzer
Ed Marrick
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Music by
| Charles Bernstein
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Production
company
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Distributed by
| Ocean Releasing
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Release date
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Running time
| 105 minutes
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Country
| United States
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Language
| English
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Box office
| $62,186
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Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
is a 1994 American
documentary film
made by
Freida Lee Mock
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Summary
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It explores the life of American artist
Maya Lin
, whose best-known work is the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
in
Washington, D.C.
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Reception and legacy
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Reviews
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Roger Ebert, despite his earlier outrage over
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
being nominated for an Academy Award, admitted in his review for the film that "It was not the best documentary of the year, but it is a valuable document. If you have been to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, you will want to see it. If you have not, it will make you want to go." He applauded the scenes showing Maya Lin's struggle against opponents of her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as "arresting" and "illuminating", though he criticized the film for not exploring Lin's private life. He gave it three out of four stars.
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Writing in
The Austin Chronicle
, Alison Macor agreed with Ebert that the Academy Award controversy "may have obscured what is a powerful, inspiring account of a supremely talented woman's professional transformation from a 20-year-old undergraduate architectural student at Yale to an accomplished and renowned architect and sculptor." Particularly praising Maya Lin's recount of her mixed feelings over winning the memorial design competition and the resulting controversy, and the way the film shows insight into Lin's design philosophy, she gave
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
three-and-a-half out of five stars.
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Accolades
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The film won the 1994
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
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It later aired on the
PBS
series
POV
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The award was mired in controversy as acclaimed films such as
Hoop Dreams
failed to receive a nomination. Film critic
Roger Ebert
also suggested that the nomination of
Maya Lin
stemmed from
cronyism
, since Mock was the chair of the committee which makes the nominations (though she stepped aside for the year that
Maya Lin
was under consideration), and was thus close friends with many of the committee members.
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Mock denied that the nomination in any way stemmed from cronyism and hired an attorney to respond to the press criticism.
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Ebert and his associate
Gene Siskel
publicly apologized to Mock after seeing
Maya Lin
, with Ebert saying "I think it's a good film and deserved to be nominated.", but other prominent critics such as
Janet Maslin
maintained that while
Maya Lin
was a good film it was clearly outshone by documentaries such as
Hoop Dreams
and
Crumb
which were passed up for nomination.
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In 2023, the film was selected for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry
by the
Library of Congress
as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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References
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Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Box Office Mojo
Retrieved 2013-06-07.
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b
Ebert, Roger
(March 29, 1996).
"Reviews: Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision"
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Roger Ebert.com
. Retrieved
July 30,
2022
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Macor, Alison (March 22, 1996).
"Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision"
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The Austin Chronicle
. Retrieved
30 July
2022
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Documentary Winners: 1995 Oscars
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"The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners"
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
. AMPAS
. Retrieved
2015-05-12
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"The Brady Bunch Movie, Just Cause, Billy Madison, Mr. Payback, 1995"
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Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews
. Retrieved
28 July
2019
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Event occurs at 18:15-19:07.
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Guthmann, Edward (8 November 1995).
"Freida Lee Mock's Strong Clear Vision / Director says 'Lin' stands on its own"
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SFGate
. Retrieved
July 30,
2022
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Tartaglione, Nancy (2023-12-13).
"National Film Registry: 'Apollo 13', 'Home Alone', 'Terminator 2', '12 Years A Slave' Among 25 Titles Added This Year"
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Deadline
. Retrieved
2023-12-13
.
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