Movie
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
6.9/10
1963
0h 52m
en
Documentary
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.
Director
Robert Drew
Movie Information
Release Date
October 21, 1963
Runtime
0h 52m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
22
Production
Drew Associates
