THE CHILDREN WERE WATCHING (1961) / THE CHAIR (1962)

Two rarely-screened gems from the period when Richard Leacock was a key partner at Drew Associates. In The Children Were Watching (25 min), Leacock witnesses violent clashes over school integration in New Orleans. In The Chair (76 min), the film team of Leacock, Robert Drew, Gregory Shuker and D.A. Pennebaker follow the attorney Louis Nizer as he attempts to save prisoner Paul Crump from the electric chair.