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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)

Documentary

During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F. Kennedy, attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, Alabama governor George Wallace, deputy attorney general Nicholas Katzenbach and the students Vivian Malone and James Hood. As Wallace has promised to personally block the two black students from enrolling in the university, the JFK administration discusses the best way to react to it, without rousing the crowd or making Wallace a martyr for the segregationist cause.

Updated May 27 2020

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1963-10-21

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Keywords:

alabama oval office john f. kennedy civil rights movement integration racial segregation racism university cinema vérité

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Runtime: 52 mins Rating: 6.9

Cast

John F. Kennedy

Himself

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Cast

John F. Kennedy

Himself

James Lipscomb

Narrator

Robert F. Kennedy

Himself

Vivian Malone

Herself

James Hood

Himself

Crew

Robert Drew

Director

Robert Drew

Executive Producer

Nicholas T. Proferes

Assistant Editor

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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)

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Cast

John F. Kennedy

Himself

James Lipscomb

Narrator

Robert F. Kennedy

Himself

Vivian Malone

Herself

James Hood

Himself

Crew

Robert Drew

Director

Robert Drew

Executive Producer

Nicholas T. Proferes

Assistant Editor

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