Leo Hurwitz Movies

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

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...

Shot in Manhattan’s St. Vincent Hospital, creating what would be the antecedent of the direct cinema (or cinema verité) movement of the...

An impressionistic study of the celebrated tap dancer.

Leo Hurwitz’s film, Here At The Water’s Edge, features the 1960 New York City’s waterfront. Made with photographer Charles Pratt,...

How the art in the Detroit Institute of Art connects to life's experiences and the neighborhood.

One of the key works in creating the American social documentary film, this 1934 newsreel compilation crams a lot of information into just 11...