Jazz Dance (1954)

Director: Roger Tilton

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.

Cast

Jimmy McPartland

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Pee Wee Russell

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Willie 'The Lion' Smith

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