“As hard as woodpecker lips.” That’s how a US Army colonel in Afghanistan describes Lynsey Addario, the fearless and celebrated American photojournalist, someone who craves getting into the thick of battles in order to show the world the truth. The Pulitzer Prize winner’s incredible 20-year-plus career, along with her family life, come into sharp focus in Oscar®-winning filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s (Free Solo MVFF41; Nyad, MVFF 46) latest illuminating portrait of a tenacious individual committed to pursuing greatness even if it means putting themselves into harm’s way. Love + War adroitly shifts from following the intrepid Addario at work in dangerous war zones (Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and others) and humanitarian trouble spots to her home turf with her two sons and husband. This compelling documentary ponders the complexities of juggling both and addresses how Addario stared down sexism in a male-dominated profession. —Randy Myers
E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
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