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Crisis: Behind A Presidential Commitment Summary

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The film Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, is a documentary that illustrates and marks the presidential authority that the President of the United States of America can enforce as head of state during a national crisis. This film depicts the commitment of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy to civil rights, when two African-American students were denied entrance to the University of Alabama by the state governor, George Wallace on June 1963. Filmed without a script, this documentary exposes very intimate moments inside the life of President Kennedy and his administration, as it was filmed in real time with no acting scenes. To accomplish this, cameras and microphones were allowed into the President’s oval office, and even inside the house of President Kennedy’s brother, …show more content…

During this speech, President Kennedy calls for an important aspect regarding the situation experienced hours before, which was a moral crisis that the country had faced at the time. He then finalizes his speech by calling for social support among citizens. “This nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free. We face therefore a moral crisis as a country and a people. It cannot be met by repressive police action. It cannot be left to increased demonstrations in the streets. I ask the support of all of our citizens” (Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment). In conclusion, this film perfectly demonstrates the authority that the President of the United States holds, as well as the responsibility carried to act wisely and promptly as the head of the state, just as President Kennedy did in this particular situation. In other words, this film is an illustration of the commitment that a President must have to his or her country when

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