Leo Hurwitz Filmes

  • 1952
    Emergency Ward

    Emergency Ward

    Emergency Ward

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    Shot in Manhattan’s St. Vincent Hospital, creating what would be the antecedent of the direct cinema (or cinema verité) movement of the...

    Emergency Ward
  • 1966
    The Sun and Richard Lippold

    The Sun and Richard Lippold

    The Sun and Richard Lippold

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    Documentary examining the work of sculptor Richard Lippold, particular his sculpture of the sun at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    The Sun and Richard Lippold
  • 2016
    Discovery in a Painting

    Discovery in a Painting

    Discovery in a Painting

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    Following his use of art, painting and sculpture, in his work of the previous decades, Hurwitz took on a project for the American Foundation of the...

    Discovery in a Painting
  • 1970
    This Island

    This Island

    This Island

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    How the art in the Detroit Institute of Art connects to life's experiences and the neighborhood.

    This Island
  • 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
  • 1966
    In Search of Hart Crane

    In Search of Hart Crane

    In Search of Hart Crane

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    Produced and directed by Hurwitz for National Educational Television (precursor of PBS), Hurwitz uses biographer and Columbia professor, John...

    In Search of Hart Crane