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On 'Being There' with Richard Leacock: Directed by Jane Weiner. Constructed as conversation that covers 70 years of his involvement in film making, this documentary lets Richard Leacock, a master of cinema vérité, tell his story in his own words.
Jul 15, 2011 · With Ricky's death goes the last living link to the man many still consider the father of documentary film. Anyone who wants to know what working with the Flahertys was like must read Richard Leacock: The Feeling of Being There, a book and digital video set to be published by Semeïon Editions.
Constructed as conversation that covers 70 years of his involvement in film making, this documentary lets Richard Leacock, a master of cinema vérité, tell his story in his own words.
Apr 1, 2008 · At 86, veteran filmmaker Richard Leacock comes to Canada for Hot Docs’ Outstanding Achievement retrospective.
A Search for the Feeling of Being There Richard Leacock May 20, 1997 When I was eleven years old and a pupil at an English boarding school something extraordinary was done; we were shown a film, a silent 35mm full length film from the Soviet Union, TURK-SIB, about the building of the tran-Siberian Railway.
Jan 19, 2012 · From Canary Bananas, his first movie in 1935, to a musical production in post Soviet Siberia, Richard Leacock’s memoir follows history through the eyes of a man who was present at so many key moments of the 20th century, among them, the battle for Burma, the Japanese surrender at Nanking, John F. Kennedy’s primary campaign, the ...
Leacock reflects on his lifelong quest to capture a sense of “being there” and on his work with collaborators such as Robert Flaherty, Robert Drew, and D.A. Pennebaker. The film includes footage from his classic films and never-before-seen segments from his personal archives.
