Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1963-10-21
⌚ Running Time: 52 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.9

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James Lipscomb original image
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James Lipscomb
John F. Kennedy original image
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John F. Kennedy
George Wallace original image
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George Wallace
Robert F. Kennedy original image
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Robert F. Kennedy
Vivian Malone original image
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Vivian Malone
James Hood original image
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James Hood

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