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Shot primarily during a two-day period surrounding the University of Alabama integration crisis on June 11, 1963, the film follows President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Governor George Wallace of Alabama, Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, and the students involved, Vivian Malone and James Hood.
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...
May 3, 2024 · Just five years ago, the UK took the bold step of setting up a Media Freedom Coalition of 50 countries committed to protecting press freedom against its enemies in authoritarian states around the world.
Attorney General Robert Kennedy had to move mountains to overcome the crisis. He advised the president and developed a strategy for Alabama, and Drew filmed this as well. We learn what Wallace thought about racial segregation and follow the two students in question right up to the moment of truth.
Dec 1, 2021 · Because ‘crisis’ is a strongly loaded term with a somewhat portentous aspect to it, when we come to consider the dynamics of our current situation in western liberal democracies ‘stress’ may help us see what is at stake more clearly. Talk of ‘crisis’ can become self-defeating if not self-fulfilling.
May 2, 2020 · To reverse the decline in global press freedom, the people and governments of the world must act now to roll back threats to independent media. The future of democracy depends on it. COVID-19 may be accelerating a multiyear decline in both press freedom and democracy.
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Jul 5, 2024 · How UNESCO deals with threats to freedom of press: Violence against journalists (especially women), legal harassment, misinformation and censorship.
