Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
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.
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Cast and crew of Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
D. A. Pennebaker
Director
John F. Kennedy
Actor
Robert F. Kennedy
Actor
George Wallace
Actor
Nicholas Katzenbach
Actor
James Lipscomb
Actor
Vivian Malone
Actor
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About Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
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.
Movie details
- Release year
- 1963
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 52 min
- IMDb rating
- 7.7 out of 10 (948 votes)
- Director
- D. A. Pennebaker