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Life Is A One-Way Ticket: Herman Leonard's Eightieth Birthday Celebration, George Ingmire
Life Is A One-Way Ticket: Herman Leonard's Eightieth Birthday Celebration, George Ingmire
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Life is a One-Way Ticket is a twenty-three minute documentary about jazz photographer Herman Leonard's 80th birthday party. The event took place at Rosy's Jazz Hall, a club in the uptown section of New Orleans where musicians including Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Stevie Wonder once performed. Within the documentary, I show the celebration as an analogy for the life of Herman Leonard. In short but moving passages, Herman Leonard reflects upon the nature of his longevity, the world today, and the "luck" he has had with photography. In addition to the voice of Herman Leonard, interviews with Herman Leonard's …