Program 4 The Crisis Structure
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
- 1963 / B&W / Digital File (Original: 16mm) / 52 min
Filmmakers: Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker, James Lipscomb, Hope Ryden
Assistants: Abbot Mills, Patricia Powell, Mort Lund
Editing Assistant: De Nosworthy
Narration: James Lipscomb
Executive Producer: Robert Drew
Producer: Gregory Shuker
Source: Drew Associates
Crisis centers on a crucial incident in the Civil Rights Movement, when JFK faced down Mississippi Governor George Wallace. It contains rare scenes of a president navigating a crisis in the Oval Office.
Faces of November
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1964 / B&W / Digital File (Original: 16mm) / 12 min
Editor: De Nosworthy
Executive Producer: Robert Drew
Producer: Gregory Shuker
Correspondents: Tom Johnston, James Lipscomb, Sid Reichman, Al Wertheimer
Source: Drew Associates
Unusually poetic for Direct Cinema, this is Drew’s visual requiem for John F. Kennedy. Shot at the state funeral, the cameras focus on the faces of the mourning citizenry.