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Interview with Anne Kelly, Feb. 19, 2018.

So what are we working on? We are working on a musical that’s based on the life of Leni Riefenstahl.

Leni Riefenstahl was most famous for being the main propaganda filmmaker for the Third Reich. But, she also was probably the most talented female filmmaker of the 20th century. Her contribution to filmmaking as an art and as a practice -- with the invention of camera techniques and really revolutionary cinematography is something that’s been really buried because of her affiliation with the Nazi party.