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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment is a 1963 direct cinema documentary film directed by Robert Drew. The film centers on the University of Alabama's "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" integration crisis of June 1963.
Jan 16, 2009 · Called “Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment,” the hourlong film shot over a two-day period in June 1963, broadcast on ABC four months later and now available on DVD is worth the new...
With James Lipscomb, John F. Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F. Kennedy. Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy. Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions.
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- Documentary, History, News
- Robert Drew
- 1963-10-21
The access is extraordinary, of course; Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment offers up astonishingly intimate views inside not only the White House and the Alabama legislature, but also the homes of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Alabama Governor George Wallace himself.
Crisis is about the Kennedy administration's maneuvering to thwart Governor George Wallace's attempt to personally block the admission of two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending the University of Alabama. The process by which this historical incident is captured on film is nothing short of transfixing and wholly unique.
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- ABC News, Drew Associates
- Robert Drew
Directed by Robert Drew • 1963 • United States. CRISIS: BEHIND A PRESIDENTIAL COMMITMENT provided filmmaker Robert Drew, his crew and his audience the rare opportunity to watch a President of the United States deal with a national crisis.
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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment is a 1963 direct cinema documentary film directed by Robert Drew. The film centers on the University of Alabama's "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" integration crisis of June 1963.
