Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

James Lipscomb

Narrator

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

John F. Kennedy

Himself

Age : 46 | Popularity : 9%

George Wallace

Himself

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Robert F. Kennedy

Himself

Age : 42 | Popularity : 7%

Vivian Malone

Herself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

James Hood

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Robert Drew
Editing	Assistant Editor	Nicholas T. Proferes Gregory Shuker
Production	Executive Producer	Robert Drew
	Producer	Gregory Shuker
Camera	Director of Photography	Gregory Shuker
Department	Role	Name

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