Richard Leacock Movies
- 1961
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs01961HD
The documentary traces Eddie Sachs (one of the most popular drivers in the history of the Indianapolis 500) in a behind-the-scenes look at the race...
- 1984
Lulu in Berlin
Lulu in Berlin71984HD
Vérité documentarian Richard Leacock’s LULU IN BERLIN features one of the few long interviews ever done with actor Louise Brooks....
- 1957
American Football
American Football01957HD
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...
- 1968
French Lunch
French Lunch01968HD
Documentary look behind the scenes of La Caravelle, an acclaimed French restaurant in New York City.
- 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...
- 1970
Queen of Apollo
Queen of Apollo01970HD
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...
- 1991
Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock
Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock01991HD
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,...
- 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...
- 1965
Ku Klux Klan—The Invisible Empire
Ku Klux Klan—The Invisible Empire01965HD
A documentary on the KKK
- 1968
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...
- 1984
Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock
Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock01984HD
A portrait of the two documentary filmmakers Jerzy Bossak and Richard Leacock.
- 1962
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost
Kenya: Land of the White Ghost01962HD
A film by the Drew-Leacock team.
- 2011
BodySongs
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The classical nude as video in four male/female duets
- 1964
Lambert & Co.
Lambert & Co.4.51964HD
Jazz vocalist Dave Lambert auditions a new group of singers at RCA Studios in 1964.
- 1962
Mooney vs. Fowle
Mooney vs. Fowle01962HD
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...
- 1977
Centerbeam
Centerbeam01977HD
Film produced and directed by Ricky Leacock, Edward Pincus, and MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies documenting the Centerbeam kinetic sculpture...
- 1965
Elizabeth and Mary
Elizabeth and Mary01965HD
A film focusing on a day in the life of two identical twin girls, one of whom is blind and mentally handicapped
- 1935
Canary Island Bananas
Canary Island Bananas01935HD
Filmed on his father's plantation, Leacock’s sophisticated use of pans and tilts described the process of planting, harvesting, and shipping...
- 1954
Toby and the Tall Corn
Toby and the Tall Corn01954HD
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...
- 1981
Rebuilding an Old Japanese House
Rebuilding an Old Japanese House01981HD
Five Japanese carpenters came to Boston that summer to reconstruct a Kyoto silkweaver's 150 year old townhouse that had been packed in crates and...