This woman has always been a bit of an enigma - or has she?
Her death will not quiet the debate of her place in history.
A film maker ahead of her time, she pioneered a variety of groundbreaking techniques and was well respected.
And yet, this was the same woman who made Triumph of the Will which glorified the Nazi Nuremburg rally of 1934. A close friend of Hitler, she refused to apologise for her work. She claimed that what she produced was art and, therefore, transcended politics. But surely art has a responsibility?
For all her skill I feel she was misguided and, sadly, went to the grave that way.
Her death will not quiet the debate of her place in history.
A film maker ahead of her time, she pioneered a variety of groundbreaking techniques and was well respected.
And yet, this was the same woman who made Triumph of the Will which glorified the Nazi Nuremburg rally of 1934. A close friend of Hitler, she refused to apologise for her work. She claimed that what she produced was art and, therefore, transcended politics. But surely art has a responsibility?
For all her skill I feel she was misguided and, sadly, went to the grave that way.