Shortfilms

JAZZ DANCE

Richard Leacock, Roger Tilton
USA 1954
20 min
V'11

Few films wield the awesome spiritual power of Jazz Dance, on which Leacock was one of two cameramen charting the slow, smoldering build of a Manhattan dance club from idle space to explosive, carnal bacchanal. Employing handheld cameras, limited light and sheer proximity, the film achieved an intimacy never before witnessed in a documentary. (S.T. Vanairsdale)

This film is part of the programFilms by Richard Leacock

Credits
  • Willy «The Lion» Smith
  • Pee Wee Russell
  • Jimmy McPartland
  • Roger Tilton
  • Richard Leacock
  • Robert Campbell
  • Richard S. Brummer
Roger Tilton
16 mm
bw
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