The Robert Drew Kennedy films collection

The Robert Drew Kennedy films collection

DVD - 2008

Widely considered a breakthrough in documentary filmmaking, the three films in this 2-disc set offer the most intimate and candid look at Kennedy ever put on film. These three seminal films provide a captivating history of JFK - from his young years as a senator to his days in the White House, to fallen hero.

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Subjects
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963.
Kennedy, Robert F., > 1925-1968.
Wallace, George C. > (George Corley), > 1919-1998.
University of Alabama.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1960.
Civil rights movements.
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
United States > History > 1961-1969.
Published
[United States] : New Video Group 2008.
Language
English
Corporate Author
New Video Group
Corporate Author
New Video Group (-)
Other Authors
Robert Drew, 1924-2014 (-)
Item Description
Title from container.
Special features: Commentary from Robert Drew and photographer Richard Leacock ; The Originators: Robert Drew, Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker, and Albert Maysles recall their Primary breakthrough ; 30/15: 30 years of Robert Drew filmmaking in 30 minutes.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (DVD)(117 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN
9781422914199
  • Primary (1960)
  • Crisis: Behind a presidential commitment (1963)
  • Faces of November (1964).
Review by Library Journal Review

The "Kennedy Films Collection" comprises three historic cinema verite productions previously released by esteemed filmmaker Drew. Primary, from 1960, covers JFK and Hubert Humphrey as they stump in Wisconsin; Crisis (1963) shows the synergy between brothers John and Robert as they fight racial segregation at the University of Alabama; and Faces of November (1964) illuminates the people who came to Washington to mourn a fallen President. While it's hard to imagine students today having the patience to be a "fly on the wall" for these sometimes slow interactions between Kennedy and those around him, they are well worth the view. Especially enticing to both students of film and politics is the DVD extra of Drew and fellow filmmakers narrating the footage with 20/20 hindsight.-Debbie Rzepczynski, Lake Cty. P.L., Merrillville, IN (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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