Movie Description
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
(1963)Overview
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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1999.
Featured Crew
- Director : Robert Drew
- Producer : Gregory Shuker
- Cast : James Lipscomb,John F. Kennedy,George Wallace,Robert F. Kennedy,Vivian Malone,James Hood,Nicholas Katzenbach
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Facts
Original TitleCrisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Status Released
Release Information
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1963-10-21
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 52m
Production CompaniesABC News,Drew Associates
Genres
- Documentary
