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MARKETTE? >>> THIS WEEKEND, MOM AT THE
MOVIES AS WE APPROACH THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF ROBERT F
KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION.
KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION. A NEW NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
REVEALS NEVER BEFORE SEEN
FOOTAGE FROM RFK'S HISTORIC
PRESIDENTIAL RUN WHICH ENDED
TRAGICALLY ON JUNE 6, 1968.
I SPOKE WITH THE AWARD-WINNING
FILMMAKER OF GEORGETOWN AND
ABOUT THE MAKING OF HER NEW
DOCUMENTARY AND WHAT THE DC
AUDIENCES CAN TAKE AWAY FROM
ITS.
ITS.
ITS. >>
ITS. >> WHAT I THINK IS QUITE CLEAR
IS THAT DIVISION, VIOLENCE AND
A DISENCHANTMENT WITH OUR
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. WE CAN START TO WORK TOGETHER,
WE ARE A GREAT COUNTRY AND A
COMPASSIONATE COUNTRY.
>>
>> WHAT
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA?
AMERICA?
AMERICA? >> I LIKE TO THINK OF YOU AS A
DOCUMENTARIAN AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. ESPECIALLY, WITH GIDEON'S ARMY,
AND NOW YOU ARE GIVING BACK.
>> I FEEL -- IN THIS POLITICAL
TIME, BOBBY KENNEDY HAS BEEN A
STORY FOR ME.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THIS FILM
BECAUSE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY
KNOW THE KENNEDYS BUT YOU WERE
ABLE TO UNCOVER NEVER BEFORE
SEEN FOOTAGE AND TALK TO
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THAT IS A NEW KING -- THAT IS A
NEW THING.
NEW THING. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. WE SPENT OVER A YEAR COMING
THROUGH FOOTAGE.
THROUGH FOOTAGE. I USED TO WORK FOR ABC NEWS AND
I HAD A FRIEND.
HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS THIS
ARCHIVE, A FILM ARCHIVE SHOT IN
35 MILLIMETER AND I REMEMBER
BEING FASCINATED BY THAT. IT
TURNS OUT THEY WERE FOLLOWING
BOBBY KENNEDY THROUGH HIS
HISTORIC CAMPAIGN IN 1968.
AND WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER
INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS FROM THE
1960S AND FOUND NEVER BEFORE
SEEN FOOTAGE. KIND OF LIKE A
FILMMAKERS HOME MOVIE. IT WAS
REALLY ENJOYABLE TO GO THROUGH
ALL OF THAT FOOTAGE.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST
FASCINATING IMAGES YOU SAW?
>> I THINK THE FOOTAGE OF
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN, A YOUNG
EDELMAN TESTIFYING BEFORE
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PERSONAL
HERO OF MINE.
BUT TO SEE HER -- BOBBY KENNEDY
INVITED HER TO TESTIFY ABOUT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE LITERALLY STARVING IN THE 1960S
AND SHE WAS DOWN THERE AS PART
OF THE NAACP'S LEGAL DEFENSE
FUND.
FUND.
FUND. SHE
FUND. SHE WENT TO WASHINGTON AND
TESTIFIED TO CONGRESS.
AND SHE SAID TO BOBBY KENNEDY,
WHY DON'T YOU COME TO
MISSISSIPPI AND SEE FOR
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF. SHE TAKES HIM ON AN HISTORICAL
TOUR THAT NOT ONLY SHOWS HIM
WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT HE LATER
BROUGHT FOOD TO PEOPLE.
>> WE FACE A MAJOR CRISIS IN
THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA.
>> I'M ASKING YOU TO GO AND
SEE.
SEE.
SEE. NOBODY IS GOING TO BELIEVE THAT
PEOPLE ARE STARVING IN AMERICA.
>> YOU ALSO FEATURED DOLORES IN
THIS FILM AND BOBBY KENNEDY
LENT HIS POWERFUL VOICE AND HIS
FACE TO THE FARM WORKERS
MOVEMENT AT A TIME WHEN NO ONE
OF HIS STATURE OR SOCIOECONOMIC
BACKGROUND WAS GOING TO
CALIFORNIA AND SPEAKING UP FOR
THE WORKERS RIGHTS.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOLORES
NOTED IS SIMILAR TO THE
ATTENTION THAT HE BROUGHT TO
THE SOUTH WITH MARIAN WRIGHT.
HE ALSO BROUGHT ATTENTION TO
CALIFORNIA WITH THE FARM
WORKERS AND DOLORES WHO IS NOT
AN EASILY IMPRESSED WOMAN
REALLY SPOKE ABOUT HOW MUCH
HOPE HE GAVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
HE NOT ONLY BROUGHT THE PRESS
AND GAVE SPEECHES BUT HE
ACTUALLY MARCHED ON THE PICKET
LINES.
LINES.
LINES. SO
LINES. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER BIT OF
FOOTAGE, SEEING A YOUNG AND
ENERGETIC DOLORES AND SHE IS
OUT THERE ON THE PICKET LINES
WITH HIM AND WITH HIM ON THE
LAST DAY OF HIS LIFE.
AND THAT WAS WHEN HIS LIFE
ENDED AND HIS CAMPAIGN ENDED.
>> YOU ALSO SPOKE TO A
WASHINGTON LAWMAKER AND AN ICON
IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,
JOHN LEWIS.
JOHN LEWIS. WHAT DID HE SHARE THAT WE MAYBE
HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE?
>> JOHN LEWIS, WE ARE ALL
INDEBTED TO HIS SERVICE AND ONE
OF THE THINGS I DID NOTICE THAT
HE HAD BARBECUE -- VOLUNTEERED.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT JOHN LEWIS
WHO WAS ALREADY MARCHING AND
WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICANS AND CIVIL RIGHTS BUT
JOHN LEWIS WAS THE PERSON WHO
ORGANIZED THAT CAMPAIGN IN
INDIANAPOLIS WHERE DOCTOR KING
WAS MURDERED.
WAS MURDERED. SO, JOHN LEWIS WAS THE PERSON
WHO SAID TO BOBBY KENNEDY, YOU
NEED TO GO AND DURESS THAT
CROWD.
CROWD.
CROWD. IT
CROWD. IT IS TOO DANGEROUS.
THERE WILL BE WRITING AND JOHN
LEWIS SAID YOU MUST GO AND
KENNEDY GOES AND DELIVERS ONE
OF HIS MOST FAMOUS SPEECHES
WHERE HE QUOTES A POET AND ALSO
TALKS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
ABOUT HIS BROTHER'S DEATH.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE ONLY
CITIES THAT DID NOT BURN THAT
NIGHT AND DID NOT RIOT.
>> YOU MENTIONED HOPE AND I AM
THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. IN A
TOWN LIKE DC, WE ARE ALL
THINKING ABOUT THAT BUT IN A
TOWN LIKE WASHINGTON DC OR YOU
HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO POLITICAL
WORK, WHAT DO YOU WANT OUR A
GREAT DAY VIEWERS TO WALK AWAY
FROM THIS KNOWING OR FEELING?
>> I LIVED IN WASHINGTON FOR 10
YEARS AND THERE IS NO PLACE
LIKE WASHINGTON DC.
THIS TOWN IS INTIMATELY
CONNECTED WITH POLITICS BUT WE
ALSO KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNMENT
IS AND I THINK WHAT BOBBY
KENNEDY