Richard Leacock Movies
- 1963
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...
- 1960
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.
- 1964
Lambert & Co.
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Jazz vocalist Dave Lambert auditions a new group of singers at RCA Studios in 1964.
- 2010
A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
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Robert Flaherty is credited with being the father of the modern documentary after making "Nanook of the North" and classics such as "Man of Aran" and...
- 2011
Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
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Colleagues, friends and specialists pay tribute to the filmmaker Mario Ruspoli in a portrait that mixes encounters, archive images and film excerpts....
- 1977
Centerbeam
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Film produced and directed by Ricky Leacock, Edward Pincus, and MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies documenting the Centerbeam kinetic sculpture...
- 1962
Mooney vs. Fowle
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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...
- 1964
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...
- 1970
Queen of Apollo
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In 1970 I went to New Orleans with Noel Parmentel to shoot fragments of the “The Moviegoer.” While we were down there my daughter Elspeth...
- 2011
BodySongs
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The classical nude as video in four male/female duets
- 2012
Ricky on Leacock
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A 38-year journey that the director began in 1972 as a young filmmaker and, shooting off and throughout many years, the director filmed many and...
- 1957
American Football
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A coach’s whole career depends upon winning this football game, the U.S. Air Force Academy against the University of Colorado. The film was an...
- 1962
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost
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A film by the Drew-Leacock team.
- 1961
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.
- 1989
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...
- 1954
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...
- 1962
Nehru
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The first candid film made on a foreign chief of state, three weeks in the life of Jawaharlal Nehru.
- 1984
Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock
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A portrait of the two documentary filmmakers Jerzy Bossak and Richard Leacock.
- 1935
Canary Bananas
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The film is about Richard Leacock father’s banana plantation and was made with a little help from Polly Church and Noel Florence.
- 1991
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,...