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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)

52 min · Documentation, documentary film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Robert Drew

Cast

George D. Wallace, James Hood, John F. Kennedy, Nicholas Katzenbach, Robert F. Kennedy, Vivian Malone Jones

The story

Shot primarily during a two-day period surrounding the University of Alabama integration crisis on June 11, 1963, the film follows President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Governor George Wallace of Alabama, Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, and the students involved, Vivian Malone and James Hood.

Catalogue themes and tags

John F. Kennedy, Political cinema, History, Biography, Documentary

Genres

Documentation, documentary film

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