JFK : the private president / a film by Kathrin Seelmann-Eggebert.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Seelmann-Eggebert, Kathrin, director.

D'Attoma, Alex, narrator.

First-Run Features (Firm), film distributor.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.

Kennedy, John F.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States.

Genre:

Nonfiction films.

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (54 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : First Run Features, [date of publication not identified]

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

In January 1961, a new generation in the guise of John F. Kennedy moved into the White House. All of a sudden politics were youthful, dynamic and sexy. During the brief period in which he was in office, the first pop star of politics accompanied America through the darkest days of the Cold War. At the same time, his signal to embark in new directions was eagerly welcomed by younger generations all around the world. Later on, Jackie Kennedy was to compare her husband's presidency with Camelot - the legendary court of King Arthur. Yet, there were also dark sides to this popular president's life. Kennedy had countless affairs. And behind the brilliant politician was a very sick man who needed to take up to 12 medicines a day. The documentary features reminiscences by Robert Kennedy Jr. and Matthew Maxwell Kennedy, the sons of Robert Kennedy, as well as JFK's friend Harry Belafonte, his closest adviser Ted Sorensen, and Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev, the son of the former Russian leader. Rare footage from the private archives of the Kennedys in HD provide an intimate view of the life of the legendary First Family.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 19, 2015).