Richard Leacock dies at 89; documentary filmmaker pioneered cinema verite technique
Richard Leacock, a documentary filmmaker and pioneer of the unobtrusive cinema verite camera technique, has died. He was 89. Leacock died...
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Richard Leacock, Innovative Documentary Maker, Dies at 89
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