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This documentary explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy, which has gained esteem for its masterful technical skill, her complex ties to the Nazi regime, and her relevance to contemporary politics and aesthetics. Riefenstahl spent decades after the war denying her association with Nazi ideology and claiming ignorance of the Holocaust. Using never-before-seen documents from her estate, this film uncovers fragments of her biography, places them in historical context, and provides a full and complicated portrait.