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Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com. Remains a monumental piece of filmmaking that captures a pivotal moment within the civil rights movement and polishes...
President John F. Kennedy and his brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy face down Governor George Wallace of Alabama who has sworn to personally block the entrance of two black students (Vivian Malone and James Hood) into the campus of The University of Alabama.
On June 11, 1963, the Governor of Alabama, George Wallace, attempted to flout federal law and deny entrance to the University of Alabama to two black students who had been accepted. This documentary shows us the tense events of that day in a brilliant, stirring way.
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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment is a 1963 direct cinema documentary film directed by Robert Drew. The film centers on the University of Alabama 's " Stand in the Schoolhouse Door " integration crisis of June 1963.
Jan 16, 2009 · The students will come back to register in the admissions office the following day, after the governor has gone and the drama has died down. And that is precisely what happens. The crisis is...
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.
