Leo Hurwitz Movies
- 1964
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy01964HD
In 1964, National Educational Television decided to make a program as a memorial to President Kennedy. Since he had been assassinated just a year...
- 1953
The Young Fighter
The Young Fighter01953HD
Directed by Hurwitz for the CBS Omnibus program, The Young Fighter is a moving portrait of a young boxer who faces key life decisions as he tries to...
- 1955
Dancing James Berry
Dancing James Berry01955HD
An impressionistic study of the celebrated tap dancer.
- 1932
National Hunger March 1931
National Hunger March 193101932HD
A document of the 1931 national hunger march on Washington produced by the Workers Film and Photo League.
- 1932
Bonus March 1932
Bonus March 193201932HD
Bonus March shows unemployed WWI veterans marching on Washington, D.C., demanding their bonus money, and being forcefully evicted.
- 1932
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre01932HD
The only known film record of the mass march and meeting held in Detroit on Feb. 4, 1932, against hunger and unemployment. Also shows the dramatic...
- 1956
The Museum and the Fury
The Museum and the Fury01956HD
From the perspective of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, documentary material, amongst this the freeing of the camp and the Nuremberg Trials with...