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

Leo Hurwitz
1964 United States 77 minutes English
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

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