Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963·United States·52 min.
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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 Kennedy administration discusses the best way to react to it, without rousing the crowd or making Wallace a martyr for the segregationist cause.
DirectorRobert Drew
CinematographyGregory Shuker
CastJohn F. Kennedy·George Wallace·Robert F. Kennedy·Vivian Malone·James Hood·Michael LeMoyne Kennedy·Burke Marshall·Nicholas Katzenbach·John Dore·Jack Greenberg·Creighton Williams Abrams·Kerry Kennedy·Peyton Norville·Henry Graham·Dave McGlatheryShow all
Original titleCrisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment