Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
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.

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Cast

James Lipscomb James Lipscomb As: Narrator
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy As: Self
George Wallace George Wallace As: Self
Robert F. Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy As: Self
Vivian Malone Vivian Malone As: Self
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Storyline

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.


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Certification: 18

Details

Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 21 October 1963

Country: US

Runtime: 52m

Company Credits

Company: ABC News, Drew Associates

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Cast

Directed By

Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Director

Writing Credits

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Production Crew

Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Executive Producer

Gregory Shuker

Gregory Shuker

Producer

Edited By

Gregory Shuker

Gregory Shuker

Assistant Editor

Nicholas T. Proferes

Nicholas T. Proferes

Assistant Editor

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Sound

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Visual Effects

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Camera

Gregory Shuker

Gregory Shuker

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

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Other Crew

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