Robin Melanie Leacock is a documentary filmmaker who directed "It Girls", "A Passion For Giving" and "I'll Take Manhattan".

"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

Philanthropy

Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...

, focusing on various charities and the simple gesture of helping others. It aired in the fall of 2009 on PBS. I'll Take Manhattan is a comedy about Native Americans

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...

 and Wall Street

Wall Street

Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...

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Family

Robin Leacock, the daughter-in-law of cinema verite pioneer Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock was a British-born documentary film director and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema and Cinéma vérité.-Early life and career:...

, is married to the director and cinematographer Robert Leacock.

External links

• "A Passion for Giving" official site
• interview with Leacock