Richard Leacock Movies

  • 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
  • 1986
    Louise Brooks

    Louise Brooks

    Louise Brooks

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

    Louise Brooks
  • 1984
    Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock

    Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock

    Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock

    01984HD

    A portrait of the two documentary filmmakers Jerzy Bossak and Richard Leacock.

    Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock
  • 1964
    Lambert & Co.

    Lambert & Co.

    Lambert & Co.

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    Jazz vocalist Dave Lambert auditions a new group of singers at RCA Studios in 1964.

    Lambert & Co.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1959
    A Magnet Laboratory

    A Magnet Laboratory

    A Magnet Laboratory

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    In the hands of another director, the inner-workings of a magnet laboratory could have caused a whole classroom to fall asleep of boredom. No so when...

    A Magnet Laboratory
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    Ricky on Leacock

    Ricky on Leacock

    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...

    Ricky on Leacock
  • 1975
    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    01975HD

    Super 8 film. Observations of the Institute on Film, Video & Photography, Amherst, MA, summer 1975. Among the cast of characters, in order of...

    Solstice and Solyanka
  • 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

    01980HD

    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
  • 1970
    Queen of Apollo

    Queen of Apollo

    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...

    Queen of Apollo
  • 1935
    Canary Bananas

    Canary Bananas

    Canary Bananas

    01935HD

    The film is about Richard Leacock father’s banana plantation and was made with a little help from Polly Church and Noel Florence.

    Canary Bananas
  • 2000
    The Last Documentary

    The Last Documentary

    The Last Documentary

    02000HD

    Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.

    The Last Documentary
  • 1965
    Elizabeth and Mary

    Elizabeth and Mary

    Elizabeth and Mary

    01965HD

    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