Crisis: Behind A Presidential Commitment (1963)

  
Format:  Crisis: Behind A Presidential Commitment DVD 
 
 
The only film to ever chronicle a U.S. president's decision-making process as it happens, Robert Drew's stunningly candid documentary relays how John F. Kennedy, along with his brother Bobby, clashed with Alabama Governor George Wallace over racial integration at the all-white University of Alabama in 1963. Also includes Drew's "Faces Of November," which depicts people's reactions to JFK's assassination just a few short months later. 53 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary by Drew; biography.
 
SKU: D41959
$22.49
Regularly $24.99
Category:
Documentary
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Format: 
Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
Also On:
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