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Jazz Dance

1954 · 0h 22m · Documentary, Music · United States of America

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.

Written & directed by
Roger Tilton
Starring
Jimmy McPartland, Pee Wee Russell, Willie 'The Lion' Smith
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