Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Robert Drew / US, 1963
Alabama governor George Wallace personally vowed to stop two African American students from enrolling in the ‘white’ University of Alabama. Direct Cinema pioneer Robert Drew made a documentary on the subject. Preceded by Report, a film by film artist Bruce Corner that was also made in 1963. Film of choice of Martin Scorsese.
Restored by the Academy Film Archive with funding provided by The Film Foundation.
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Director
Robert Drew
Production year
1963
Country
US
Original title
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Format
16mm
Part of
Martin Scorsese
In the summer of 2017, Eye staged an exhibition devoted to one of the most important American film directors of the past half-century: Martin Scorsese. Over the years, the director of such classics as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Wolf of Wall Street has elaborated a uniquely personal style of filmmaking.
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