Widely considered a breakthrough in documentary filmmaking, the three films in this collectible 2-disc set offer the most intimate and candid look at Kennedy ever put on film. Drew's first profile of Kennedy, PRIMARY, offers a rare early portrait of Kennedy on his path to the White House, and also marks the birth of Cinema Verité, when the sync sound camera was able to move freely with characters throughout a breaking story. CRISIS: BEHIND A PRESIDENTIAL COMMITMENT captures President Kennedy in the White House, as he and his brother Robert engage in a dramatic showdown over desegregation with then Alabama Governor George Wallace. Lastly, FACES OF NOVEMBER presents a view of the public's reaction to President Kennedy's funeral on November 22, 1963.
These three seminal films provide a captivating history of JFK--from his years as a young senator to his days in the White House to fallen hero.