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3	''Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment'' is a 1963 documentary film by Robert Drew.
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5	It is a record of the June 1963 "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door Stand in the Schoolhouse Door]]", regarding the judicially-mandated racial integration of the University of Alabama, the opposition to the same from Governor George Wallace, and the subsequent intervention by President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
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7	The first two black students at the university, Vivian Malone and James Hood, were arriving for enrollment on June 10. A similar moment when James Meredith integrated the University of Mississippi a year earlier had led to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Miss_riot_of_1962 a white racist riot]] ending in two deaths and much destruction of property, so President Kennedy – along with his brother, U.S. Attorney General UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy – sought for a way to get Malone and Hood safely enrolled in accordance with the judge's order while allowing Wallace to save face and avoid violence.
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9	Drew's cameras were granted unlimited access to the Kennedy brothers, as well as George Wallace, as events unfolded. ''Crisis'' was first shown on Creator/{{ABC}} television in October 1963, four months after it was filmed and only a month before JFK's assassination. The film was added to the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry in 2011.
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11	Compare ''Film/{{Primary}}'', a Drew documentary about the 1960 Wisconsin Democratic primary in which Drew had similar fly-on-the-wall access to JFK as well as his opponent UsefulNotes/HubertHumphrey.
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14	!!Tropes used in this film:
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16	* {{Documentary}}: A TV documentary short about the integration of the University of Alabama on June 10–11, 1963.
17	* EthnicMenialLabor: The film doesn't dwell on it, but the scene of Wallace in the governor's mansion showing the cameraman around does include a shot of the black maid looking after Wallace's young daughter, a reflection of the social hierarchy in Alabama.
18	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The opening narration says events take place over only 30 hours.
19	* HeatWave: Deputy AG Nicholas Katzenbach tells Robert Kennedy's little daughter that it's 98 degrees in Alabama and "we're all gonna get hardship pay."
20	* HitlerCam: Used for some early shots of Wallace, and appropriate as he is the villain of the piece.
21	* {{Narrator}}: James Lipscomb, who was a cinematographer on the project, also provides narration.
22	* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: Ends with RFK placing a triumphal good night phone call to his brother, then striding away from the camera, taking off his tie as he goes.
23	* PetTheDog: Wallace is shown being affectionate to his toddler grandchild.
24	* TitleDrop: "This is an account of a crisis, and a story behind a presidential commitment."
25	* VillainOpeningScene: The first shots are of George Wallace at the Alabama state capitol.

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