Leo Hurwitz Movies

  • 1932
    The National Hunger March 1931

    The National Hunger March 1931

    The National Hunger March 1931

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    The film shows the National Unemployment Council Hunger March of Nov. and Dec. 1931, which set out from disparate parts of the U.S. to represent...

    The National Hunger March 1931
  • 1980
    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

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    A documentary about the film-maker's wife and co-worker, Peggy Lawson, who died in 1971.

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed
  • 1964
    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

    01964HD

    In 1964, National Educational Television decided to make a program as a memorial to President Kennedy. Since he had been assassinated just a year...

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
  • 1953
    The Young Fighter

    The Young Fighter

    The Young Fighter

    01953HD

    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
  • 1955
    Dancing James Berry

    Dancing James Berry

    Dancing James Berry

    01955HD

    An impressionistic study of the celebrated tap dancer.

    Dancing James Berry
  • 1933
    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

    01933HD

    A document of the 1932 national hunger march on Washington produced by the Workers Film and Photo League.

    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
  • 1956
    The Museum and the Fury

    The Museum and the Fury

    The Museum and the Fury

    01956HD

    From the perspective of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, documentary material, amongst this the freeing of the camp and the Nuremberg Trials with...

    The Museum and the Fury