Leo Hurwitz
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Son of a Russian anarchist, Leo Hurwitz graduated Harvard summa cum laude and became a leader in New York’s left wing film movement from the early 1930s on. In the Workers’ Film and Photo League, NYKino, and Frontier Films, Hurwitz remained the quintessential politically committed cameraman, editor, writer, and director.
Known for
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The Sun and Richard Lippold (1966)
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America Today (1934)
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An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy (1964)
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Native Land (1942)
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Strange Victory (1948)
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For Life, Against the War (1967)
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Emergency Ward (1952)
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This Island (1970)
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Light and the City (1970)
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America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers (1951)
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Here at the Water's Edge (1961)
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Discovery in a Landscape (1970)
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In Search of Hart Crane (1966)
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The Young Fighter (1953)
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The Museum and the Fury (1956)
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Dialogue with a Woman Departed (1980)
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Tomorrow We Fly (1943)
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Discovery in a Painting (2016)
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Bonus March 1932 (1932)
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Dancing James Berry (1955)
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The National Hunger March 1931 (1932)
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Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 (1933)
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Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre (1932)
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