Groundbreaking JFK doc

We take for granted that today's politicians are extensively media-trained, unable to offer anything spontaneous (or honest) in front of a television camera. This was not always so, however, and that is the amazing quality that stands out in Robert Drew's two documentaries on JFK's presidential race and adminsitration, Primary and Crisis.  Here we see Hubert Humphrey asleep on the way to campaign against this New England Upstart; Governor Wallace speaking freely about his thoughts on segregation; Jacqui Onnassis fidgeting nervsouly behind her back as she speeks to a delegation of Polish-Americans. Adding to this cinema-verite is the amazing mobility of the camera, allowing Robert to capture the full scale of a political campaign, from the jungle of the convention floor to the cramped siderooms where the real deals are made. It doesn't hurt that its subject is one of the most telegenic and dynamic political creatures of the 20th century. 

All in all, this is a ground-breaking documentary that captures the dawn of the media-politician right in a way that can never be replicated. Check out more about the doc here.