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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

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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…

DirectorsRobert Drew·Richard Leacock
ProducersRobert Drew·Gregory Shuker

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Cast · Directed by Robert Drew

JL
James Lipscomb
Narrator
JKJohn F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Self
GWGeorge Wallace
George Wallace
Self
RKRobert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Self
VM
Vivian Malone
Self
JH
James Hood
Self
NKNicholas Katzenbach
Nicholas Katzenbach
Self

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