Jazz Dance · 1954

Jazz Dance

Roger Tilton · 22 min · United States of America

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.

Cast

• Jimmy McPartland

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• Pee Wee Russell

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• Willie 'The Lion' Smith

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