
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.
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Strange Victory (1948)
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America Today (1934)
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This Island (1970)
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Emergency Ward (1952)
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An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy (1964)
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America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers (1951)
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Dialogue with a Woman Departed (1980)
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The Sun and Richard Lippold (1966)
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Dancing James Berry (1955)
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Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre (1932)
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The Museum and the Fury (1956)
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Discovery in a Painting (2016)
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Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 (1933)
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Here at the Water's Edge (1961)
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In Search of Hart Crane (1966)
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The Young Fighter (1953)
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Bonus March 1932 (1932)
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Native Land (1942)
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Tomorrow We Fly (1943)
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The National Hunger March 1931 (1932)
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For Life, Against the War (1967)
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Light and the City (1970)
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Discovery in a Landscape (1970)
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