An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

  • Leo Hurwitz
  • 1964
  • United States
  • 77 minutes
  • English
  • Coll. Tom Hurwitz
    Coll. Tom Hurwitz

To commemorate the death of JFK, Hurwitz made a complex, multi-layered film essay on the subject of death and its presence in our lives.

  • Production : National Educational Television
  • Editing : Leo Hurwitz; Peggy Lawson
  • Photography : Manfred (Manny) Kirchheimer; Marsh D'Arcy; Gert Berliner
  • Screenplay : Brice Howard; Leo Hurwitz
  • Music : Ulysses Kay
  • Voice over : Christopher Plummer; Helen Gahahan Douglas; Lorris Carnovsky
  • Copy Contact : Tom Hurwitz, ASC