Innovative yes, but a god, NO.

You have the right to your own opinion, as do I.

No two persons ever watch the same movie.

Anyone who is willing to label this an 'artistic documentary' instead of what it really is - a propaganda film - has difficulty understanding history.

It takes very little research to figure out that Leni Riefenstahl was a Nazi supporter as early as 1931, after reading the Mein Kampf while she made the film 'Blue Light.' This book inspired her to become acquaintances with Hitler, which would then lead her to direct the short propaganda film 'Victory of Faith.' That film impressed Hitler so much she went on to make the most well know film of her Nazi support: 'Triumph of the Will.'

The problem that people run into is that first - she was a non-Party member, which some suggest is proof she did not support or want to be a part of the party. The problem with that is, she is on record saying she supported Hitler and the party's movement in the early 30's. The other problem that people have is her own memoirs in which she vehemently denies making the films in mindset of them being used as propaganda. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that back then, nothing was authorized or screened without the higher-ups in the party giving the go ahead. She knew exactly well what she was documenting, and she knew what the party wanted to do with the films. She would have to of been delusional and/or incredibly naive in thinking she was simply portraying the events as historical record.

More evidence that she was a supporter is her third propaganda film 'Day of Freedom: Armed Forces.' At this point she was said to have stopped making films for the party and would no longer support them. As time went on, she denied ever making this film until an incomplete copy showed up in the 70's.

Then of course we have the film Olympia, which was again to showcase the German people in a superior way, in other words, a propaganda film. Hitler specially asked Leni to helm the project knowing she was a supporter who would be able to produce another atheistically pleasing propaganda film. Of course when she went to take the film on tour, specifically in the US, she edited the parts of Hitler out of the film. This was intentionally done as there was a rising anti-Nazi movement happening; there were very few Nazi sympathizers at this point.

Again, all of these things are documented and there are numerous sources which show her publicly supporting Hitler, even going as far as calling him innocent. It wasn't until AFTER the war and all the realities of what the Nazis did that she denounced her involvement with the party. The fact that she went on to live a long life made it incredibly difficult for her to escape the association, but the facts are there and there is no doubting she supported and helped the propaganda machine.