Lee

• History
• Drama
• War

Lee charts the unconventional life of photographer Elizabeth Miller, transforming from a celebrated 1940s fashion model to a fearless war correspondent embedded within the harrowing landscape of World War II Europe. The film doesn't shy away from the visceral realities of conflict, but crucially focuses on Miller's internal struggles as she grapples with the ethics of witnessing – and documenting – unimaginable atrocities, alongside the suffocating limitations imposed on women in a relentlessly misogynistic world. It’s a story less about grand battles and more about the suffocating weight of trauma and the fraught process of finding agency through the lens, reaching its most arresting moments as Miller confronts the aftermath of concentration camp liberation and wrestles with the question of art's role amidst devastation. The narrative subtly pulls the viewer alongside Miller's haunting grief and her courageous determination to bear witness, a vital counterpoint to the idealized portrayals of war heroism.