Which pair of works could both be classified as documentary in purpose-that is, intending to record social reality directly and truthfully?
A) Joyce, Ulysses, and Eliot, The Waste Land
B) Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, and Riefenstahl, Triumph of the Will
C) Magritte, The Key of Dreams, and Miró, Birth of the World
D) Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, and Copland, Appalachian Spring

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Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother is a well-known example of documentary photography. The intention was to record the social reality of the time, particularly the struggles faced by migrant workers during the Great Depression. Similarly, Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will is a documentary film intended to glorify Nazi Germany and produce a positive image of Adolf Hitler. Both works aim to record social reality directly and truthfully, although they have very different messages and intentions. A, C, and D are not documentary works in purpose.

Which Pair of Works Could Both Be Classified as Documentary