Over an eight-year period in the 1970s, Leo Hurwitz made this film tribute to his deceased wife and colleague, the film editor and director Peggy Lawson. His most personal work and his last major production, Hurwitz’s film is at once epic and lyrical; a portrait of an individual and chronicle of the times; an ode to the spirit of artistic collaboration and a testament to political idealism. The film contains beautiful original material plus documentary footage and reconstructions — excerpts from a number of Hurwitz’s films; the voices of Paul Robeson, Kaiulani Lee and Alfred Drake; and music that ranges from Bach to Marc Blitzstein.
Director: Leo Hurwitz.
Writer: Leo Hurwitz.
Stars: Peggy Lawson, Leo Hurwitz.
Cinematographer: Leo Hurwitz.
Introduction by Swedish filmmaker Ingela Romare:
The Film:
Leo Hurwitz on Dialogue with a Woman Departed:
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You can also find this film on Leo Hurwitz’s website where it has been uploaded in 2 parts and in higher resolution, I was going to use that copy to upload here but unfortunately it has interlacing artifacts so I used a different copy instead that I found on KG and merged it into 1 file, lower quality/resolution files but luckily no interlacing! If you liked the Hurwitz interview that I included here you can find more of his interviews also on his website along with the last interview he did 1 year before he died here.
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