Jazz Dance (1954)

Jazz Dance

1954

Documentary Music

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Roger Tilton

Cast

Jimmy McPartland as Himself

Pee Wee Russell as Himself

Willie 'The Lion' Smith as Himself

Crew

Richard Leacock (Director of Photography)

Richard S. Brummer (Editor)

Roger Tilton (Writer)