Movie

Jazz Dance (1954)

• September 4, 1954
• 22m

• Documentary
• Music

Overview

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.

Director

Roger Tilton

Writers

Roger Tilton

Starring

Jimmy McPartland, Pee Wee Russell, Willie 'The Lion' Smith