Richard Leacock Movies

  • 1992
    Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music

    Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music

    Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music

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    A pioneer in the world of rock-'n'-roll guitar, Chuck Berry has created a legacy that spans decades. Berry performs some of his greatest hits and...

    Chuck Berry: Rock and Roll Music
  • 2008
    Morris Engel: The Independent

    Morris Engel: The Independent

    Morris Engel: The Independent

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    Short documentary on the life and work of photographer and filmmaker Morris Engel

    Morris Engel: The Independent
  • 1960
    Integration Report 1

    Integration Report 1

    Integration Report 1

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    Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson's trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity,...

    Integration Report 1
  • 1956
    A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp

    A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp

    A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp

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    Filmed amidst the Arensberg collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where 35 works by Marcel Duchamp are gathered, this 1956 NBC interview...

    A Conversation with Marcel Duchamp
  • 1986
    Louise Brooks

    Louise Brooks

    Louise Brooks

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    55-Minute BBC Arena documentary on the film actress Louise Brooks

    Louise Brooks
  • 1960
    Yanki No!

    Yanki No!

    Yanki No!

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    After the US forces Cuba out of the OAS, demonstrations erupt in Venezuela. In Cuba Castro addresses a rally of one million people.

    Yanki No!
  • 2000
    The Last Documentary

    The Last Documentary

    The Last Documentary

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    Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.

    The Last Documentary
  • 1973
    Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'

    Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'

    Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'

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    Keep On Rockin', aka Little Richard: Keep On Rockin' (USA video title) is a film of a 1969 Little Richard concert at the Sweet Toronto Peace...

    Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
  • 1961
    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

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    The documentary traces Eddie Sachs (one of the most popular drivers in the history of the Indianapolis 500) in a behind-the-scenes look at the race...

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
  • 1968
    RainForest

    RainForest

    RainForest

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    Leacock and Pennebaker filmed choreographer Merce Cunningham’s dance “RainForest” as part of the 1968 Buffalo Arts Festival’s...

    RainForest
  • 1962
    Nehru

    Nehru

    Nehru

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    The first candid film made on a foreign chief of state, three weeks in the life of Jawaharlal Nehru.

    Nehru
  • 1968
    Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making

    Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making

    Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making

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    Jean-Luc Godard visits NYU in order to discuss his latest feature "La chinoise" with graduate students on filmmaking and politics.

    Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
  • 1989
    Message to Man

    Message to Man

    Message to Man

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    In January 1989 the first Message to Man International Film Festival took place in Leningrad. This film, made during the festival, is a record of its...

    Message to Man
  • 1968
    French Lunch

    French Lunch

    French Lunch

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    Documentary look behind the scenes of La Caravelle, an acclaimed French restaurant in New York City.

    French Lunch
  • 1984
    Lulu in Berlin

    Lulu in Berlin

    Lulu in Berlin

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    Vérité documentarian Richard Leacock’s LULU IN BERLIN features one of the few long interviews ever done with actor Louise Brooks....

    Lulu in Berlin
  • 1968
    Chiefs

    Chiefs

    Chiefs

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    Filmed at the October 1968 meeting in Hawaii of several hundred police chiefs of the International Association of Chiefs of Police as they watch...

    Chiefs
  • 1967
    A Stravinsky Portrait

    A Stravinsky Portrait

    A Stravinsky Portrait

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    This documentary follows composer and conductor Igor Stavinsky at his home in California, in London, and in Hamburg where he conducts an orchestra...

    A Stravinsky Portrait
  • 1965
    Elizabeth and Mary

    Elizabeth and Mary

    Elizabeth and Mary

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    A film focusing on a day in the life of two identical twin girls, one of whom is blind and mentally handicapped

    Elizabeth and Mary
  • 1960
    Frames of Reference

    Frames of Reference

    Frames of Reference

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    An educational physics film utilizing a fascinating set consisting of a rotating table and furniture occupying surprisingly unpredictable spots...

    Frames of Reference
  • 1963
    A Happy Mother's Day

    A Happy Mother's Day

    A Happy Mother's Day

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    In 1963 the first known surviving set of American quintuplets were born to Mary Ann and Andrew Fischer, this film looks at some of the changes their...

    A Happy Mother's Day