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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.
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.
It's a fly-on-the-wall documentary cinema verite as three powerful men are coming to an epic battle. President John F. Kennedy wants to enforce the integration of the University of Alabama. His younger brother Robert F. Kennedy is the Attorney General of the United States.
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Feb 20, 2023 · Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment. 1963. Not Rated. 52m. 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. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0263238/?ref_=tt_mv_close. STREAMING.
This documentary -- the first and only documenary to show a U.S. President in the oval office making decisions in the midst of a crisis -- offers a look inside the White House during a thirty-hour period starting June 10, 1963, as President John F. Kennedy and his brother, U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, are seen handling a crisis ...
Jan 16, 2009 · The first movie that Barack Obama should watch in the White House screening room is a television documentary called “Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment.”
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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.
