Usingreenactments,newsreelfootage,andphotographs,LongfellowtellsthestoryofTinaModotti(1896-1942),from1920whenshe'slivinginLAwithartistRoboRicheytotheassassinationofherloverJulioMettain1929.ShegoestoMexicoin1921asWeston'scompanion,getsherfirstcamerain1924,andbecomesanartisticphotographerandaphotojournalist,lateramemberoftheCommunistParty.Herbeauty,liaisons,politics,andfriendshipswithRiveraandotherMexicanintellectualsarepartofthestory.Butitisherobservations,herjournals,andherphotographs-aswellasthoseWestontookofher-thatarethefocusofthestory.