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Released
1954 · FILM

Jazz Dance

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Written by
Runtime
22 min
DocumentaryMusic

Synopsis

Few films capture the spiritual intensity of *Jazz Dance* as powerfully as it does, with Leacock serving as one of the two cameramen documenting the gradual, intense transformation of a Manhattan dance club from an inactive space into an explosive, sensual celebration. Using handheld cameras, minimal lighting, and close proximity to the action, the film achieved a level of intimacy previously unseen in documentary filmmaking.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 7

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard S BrummerShot by Robert Campbell

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