CinemaOSMovie · 1963 · 0h 52m

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

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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.

Directed byRobert Drew, Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker, Hope Ryden, James Lipscomb

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 52m
Language
EN
Released
October 21, 1963
Studios
ABC NewsDrew Associates

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Cast & crew

7 credited
Starring

James Lipscomb

Narrator

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self

George Wallace

George Wallace

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Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Self

Vivian Malone

Self

James Hood

Self

Nicholas Katzenbach

Nicholas Katzenbach

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Robert Drew
Robert Drew
Richard Leacock
Richard Leacock
Produced by
Gregory Shuker

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