Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision

MAYA LIN: A STRONG CLEAR VISION is perhaps best known as the film that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in the year (1994) that HOOP DREAMS was not even nominated. This story of a courageous young architect isn't nearly as revealing or memorable as HOOP DREAMS, but it contains rewards of its own.

Maya Lin, a 20-year-old Asian-American Yale student, was thrust into the national spotlight in 1980 when she won a government-commissioned contest to design the Vietnam War Veterans' Memorial in Washington, DC. Lin maintained her dignity while right-wing politicians and some Vietnam War veterans protested against her simple black wall covered with the names o...