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5 Essential Richard Leacock Documentaries
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5 Essential Richard Leacock Documentaries

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Christopher Campbell
Aug 11, 2015
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The final film by legendary documentarian Les Blank, co-directed and completed by collaborator Gina Leibrecht, is a profile of another titan of American nonfiction. It is, in a sense, a grand meeting of minds. Yet How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at His Farm in Normandy hardly presents itself as a monumental occasion. It is instead a rela…

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