Richard Leacock Movies

  • 1981
    Rebuilding an Old Japanese House

    Rebuilding an Old Japanese House

    Rebuilding an Old Japanese House

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    Five Japanese carpenters came to Boston that summer to reconstruct a Kyoto silkweaver's 150 year old townhouse that had been packed in crates and...

    Rebuilding an Old Japanese House
  • 2000
    The Last Documentary

    The Last Documentary

    The Last Documentary

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    Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.

    The Last Documentary
  • 2016
    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

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    In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance.

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
  • 1971
    1 P.M.

    1 P.M.

    1 P.M.

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    Lighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration with Direct Cinema documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was...

    1 P.M.
  • 1963
    The Chair

    The Chair

    The Chair

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    Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the...

    The Chair
  • 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
  • 1954
    Toby and the Tall Corn

    Toby and the Tall Corn

    Toby and the Tall Corn

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    Toby is a heartwarming and entertaining portrait of one of the last travelling variety shows in the United States. Every summer, Toby, the troupe's...

    Toby and the Tall Corn
  • 1972
    Reality's Invisible

    Reality's Invisible

    Reality's Invisible

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    Fulton made the film during his brief time at Harvard, where he had been invited to teach by Robert Gardner, his friend and collaborator (Fulton...

    Reality's Invisible
  • 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
  • 1980
    Light Coming Through: A Portrait of Maud Morgan

    Light Coming Through: A Portrait of Maud Morgan

    Light Coming Through: A Portrait of Maud Morgan

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    This 23-minute, 16mm color film by Nancy V. Raine (Producer/Co-Director) and Richard Leacock (Co-Director/Cinematographer) is a poetic, lyrical,...

    Light Coming Through: A Portrait of Maud Morgan
  • 1962
    Kenya: Land of the White Ghost

    Kenya: Land of the White Ghost

    Kenya: Land of the White Ghost

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    A film by the Drew-Leacock team.

    Kenya: Land of the White Ghost
  • 1991
    Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock

    Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock

    Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock

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    Inspired by both new love and Gulliver's Travels, Les Oeufs à la Coque (aka Richard Leacock's Soft-Boiled Eggs), is a ravishingly beautiful,...

    Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock
  • 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
  • 1999
    Flora Natapoff - An American Painter

    Flora Natapoff - An American Painter

    Flora Natapoff - An American Painter

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    Flora Natapoff, known for her large collages of urban and industrial motifs, due to MS begins to work on a smaller scale that is no less powerful....

    Flora Natapoff - An American Painter
  • 1960
    Christopher and Me

    Christopher and Me

    Christopher and Me

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    A short documentary in which twins Christopher and David describe how an unplanned sailing trip led them into the midst of a boat race. Told largely...

    Christopher and Me
  • 2011
    BodySongs

    BodySongs

    BodySongs

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    The classical nude as video in four male/female duets

    BodySongs
  • 1961
    The Children Were Watching

    The Children Were Watching

    The Children Were Watching

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    A harrowing portrait of the struggle for school desegregation in New Orleans against the violent protests of white parents.

    The Children Were Watching
  • 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
  • 1962
    Mooney vs. Fowle

    Mooney vs. Fowle

    Mooney vs. Fowle

    01962HD

    The doc brings us back to a 1961 football game played in front of 40,000 people at the Orange Bowl. A high school football game, pitting Miami High...

    Mooney vs. Fowle
  • 1964
    Campaign Manager

    Campaign Manager

    Campaign Manager

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    This brief portrait follows 28-year-old campaign manager John Grenier as he maps out strategies for Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential run and...

    Campaign Manager