Leo Hurwitz Movies

  • 1955
    Dancing James Berry

    Dancing James Berry

    Dancing James Berry

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    An impressionistic study of the celebrated tap dancer.

    Dancing James Berry
  • 1964
    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

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    In 1964, National Educational Television decided to make a program as a memorial to President Kennedy. Since he had been assassinated just a year...

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
  • 1956
    The Museum and the Fury

    The Museum and the Fury

    The Museum and the Fury

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    From the perspective of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, documentary material, amongst this the freeing of the camp and the Nuremberg Trials with...

    The Museum and the Fury
  • 1953
    The Young Fighter

    The Young Fighter

    The Young Fighter

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    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...

    The Young Fighter
  • 1932
    Bonus March 1932

    Bonus March 1932

    Bonus March 1932

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    Bonus March shows unemployed WWI veterans marching on Washington, D.C., demanding their bonus money, and being forcefully evicted.

    Bonus March 1932
  • 1933
    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

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    A document of the 1932 national hunger march on Washington produced by the Workers Film and Photo League.

    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
  • 1961
    Here at the Water's Edge

    Here at the Water's Edge

    Here at the Water's Edge

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    Leo Hurwitz’s film, Here At The Water’s Edge, features the 1960 New York City’s waterfront. Made with photographer Charles Pratt,...

    Here at the Water's Edge