Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Directed by	Freida Lee Mock
Written by	Freida Lee Mock
Produced by	Freida Lee Mock Terry Sanders
Cinematography	Don Lenzer Ed Marrick
Music by	Charles Bernstein
Production company	American Film Foundation
Distributed by	Ocean Releasing
Release date	October 1994 (1994-10)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$62,186[1]

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision is a 1994 American documentary film made by Freida Lee Mock. It explores the life of American artist Maya Lin, whose best-known work is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.^[2] The film won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. While a number of movie critics objected to it receiving this award, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision met with mostly positive reviews, garnering praise for its look at the controversy surrounding the Vietnam Veterans Memorial design and Lin's growth as an artist.

In 2023, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".