The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia

The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia

 

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1h 15m 2002 HD

The meaning of art itself comes into question in this documentary about Shelby Lee Adams' controversial photos of families in Appalachia.


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