Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning (2014) | Full Documentary | American Masters

Her celebrated photograph “Migrant Mother” is one of the most recognized and arresting images in the world, a haunting portrait that came to represent the suffering of America’s Great Depression. Yet few know the story, struggles, and profound body of work of the woman who created the portrait: Dorothea Lange. Welcome to PBS America, a channel curated for an international audience from America's Public Broadcasting Service, PBS.

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