美國越戰紀念碑原本可能淪為庸俗的政治宣傳。但在一個不知名的大四學生的筆下，逐漸向華盛頓地下延伸而去的紀念碑體成為了記憶和創傷的保留。
本部紀錄片講述的是著名美國華人建築師林璎和她的建築作品的故事。她的作品基于這樣一種樸素的願望：讓人們意識到周圍發生的物質和精神意義上的一切。影像不僅展現出林璎本人極高的藝術素養，更記錄下她在面對對作品質疑聲音時出人意料的堅定強大之姿态。
讓我們不要忘記，創作越戰紀念碑時的她還隻是一個大學學生。
以下精華片段節選自紀錄片裡林璎的畢業演講詞。在簡短的演講裡，林璎簡述了自己對藝術的看法，強調了藝術創作者在創造中的主體性：
"...as an artist flights to retain the integrity of the work so that remains a strong clear vision.
Art is and should be the act of an individual, willing to say something new, something not quite familiar. It is that collection of the singular personal visions transform from within the mind to the public, which is throughout time, throughout our history, come to form a definition of who we are and the way why we are. It is a dialogue with not only our peers, but with people and times both before and beyond our time.
Although each of us can be defined by the brief physical time that we as individuals exist, we have the ability to make that time extend far beyond our physical existence.
We are part of a collective consciousness connected to one another through time by our works, images, thoughts, and writings.
We communicate to future generations what we are, what we have been, hopefully influencing for the better what we will become."
