Is Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

Name: Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1963
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: James Lipscomb, John F. Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F. Kennedy, Vivian Malone

Directed by Robert Drew, D. A. Pennebaker, James Lipscomb, Richard Leacock, Hope Ryden

Produced by ABC News, Drew Associates

196352 min6.9 / 10

A tense, historically urgent documentary that captures the machinery of power and moral crisis during a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement.

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.

Clusters

Complicity Under Pressure Realistic Injustice Dramas Morally Ambiguous Crime Dramas Political Cover-Ups Thrillers College Life

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

Alabama Civil Rights John F. Kennedy Racial Segregation Integration Oval Office Racism University Cinéma Vérité Direct Cinema

Questions people ask

Is Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Is Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Does Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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