Robin Melanie Leacock (Robin Baker Leacock) is a documentary filmmaker who directed ''
It Girls
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'', "A Passion For Giving", "I'll Take Manhattan", "Stella is 95" & "Stella & Co: A Romantic Musical Comedy About Aging".
"It Girls" is a documentary film about fashion that aired nationally in the U.S. on April 2 and 7, 2002. "A Passion For Giving" is a documentary film about philanthropy, focusing on various charities and the simple gesture of helping others. It aired in the fall of 2009 on
PBS
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.
''I'll Take Manhattan'' is a comedy about
Native Americans and
Wall Street
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. "Stella is 95" is a charming documentary about Robin's Mother, the extremely charismatic and brilliant 95 year old Estelle Craig. "Stella is 95" aired nationally on PBS in 2011. "Stella & Co: A Romantic Musical Comedy About Aging" is a documentary about the wonders of aging featuring then 103 year old Estelle Craig and other special guests all above the age of 80, airing nationally on PBS in 2020.
Robin Baker Leacock is currently publishing two books, "This Mysterious Place Known As MORTIMERS" & "RADIANCE: WORTH RE-IMAGINED".
Family
Robin Melanie Leacock, the daughter-in-law of cinema verite pioneer
Richard Leacock
Richard Leacock (18 July 192123 March 2011)
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, is married to the director and cinematographer
Robert Leacock.
Notes
External links
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"A Passion for Giving" official site"Stella & Co: A Romantic Musical Comedy About Aging official site"
interview with Leacock
American documentary film directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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