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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 · The night the crisis was settled, President Kennedy gave a 15-minute speech on national television explaining his action and declaring that the time had come to make all American citizens free.
President John F. Kennedy and his brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy face down Governor George Wallace of Alabama who has sworn to personally block the entrance of two black students (Vivian Malone and James Hood) into the campus of The University of Alabama.
This documentary shows us the tense events of that day in a brilliant, stirring way. Aside from the momentous event itself, it works because of the unprecedented level of access it had into both sides – President Kennedy and Governor Wallace’s inner circles – as well as its approach of simply being a fly on the wall.
When Governor George Wallace literally stands in the schoolhouse door to block the admittance of two African-American students to the all-white University of Alabama in June 1963, President Kennedy is forced to decide whether to use the power of the presidency to back racial equality.
President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, work to get two black students enrolled at the University of Alabama despite Gov. George Wallace's ban.
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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment Reviews. Remains a monumental piece of filmmaking that captures a pivotal moment within the civil rights movement and polishes it to a pristine...
