Bobby Kennedy for President - Season 1 Watch Online for Free

This four-part documentary series weaves together rare and exclusive footage of attorney general, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s.

Genre:

Drama, Biography, Documentary

Actors:

Peter Edelman, Paul Schrade, William Arnone, Harry Belafonte, Neil Gallagher, William Vanden Heuvel, John Lewis, Sandi Gibbons, Pete Hamill, Dolores Huerta, Juan Romero, ...»

Director:

Dawn Porter

Country:

United States

Release:

2018

IMDb:

8.1

Quality:

Duration:

60 min

ArtsATL

Its 1960s clips of riots in the streets and police brutality against people of color, some of the footage looks long ago, while some of it looks all too contemporary.

May 09, 2018

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The Atlantic

Bobby Kennedy for President, over its four-hour running time, uses its subject as a kind of microcosm for American politics itself.

April 30, 2018

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AwardsCircuit.com

To give the size and scope of RFK's life the justice it deserves, the series is a focused and fluid.

October 10, 2018

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John Hanlon Reviews

Regardless of your opinions of the Kennedys, this documentary series offers a revealing look at a painful period in our nation's history.

November 24, 2018

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Thrillist

Bobby Kennedy for President is no simplistic hagiography.

April 27, 2018

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America Magazine

Porter knows how to use her materials for maximum emotional impact. If so much of what we see feels new, it may be because the footage is so intimate-it doesn't communicate news, but personalities, relationships and atmosphere.

July 27, 2018

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The Ringer

Despite the jagged edges and a tone bordering on the hagiographic, Bobby Kennedy for President offers a succinct look at a process which seems rare if not critically endangered in American politics.

May 02, 2018

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Common Sense Media

Honest, revealing doc shows many sides of political legend.

May 02, 2018

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The Playlist

Despite the fact "Bobby Kennedy For President" fails to paint a full portrait of Bobby... the series is a moving and frightening look at the cost of division and the price that an entire country pays for it.

December 14, 2018

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indieWire

Bobby Kennedy for President isn't meant to chastise anyone who dropped the ball so much as it illustrates how the following generations of Americans could develop into the citizens we are today.

April 30, 2018

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Newsday

Exhaustive, admiring, comprehensive and richly documented, Bobby Kennedy for President nevertheless doesn't feel especially revelatory.

April 25, 2018

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New York Magazine/Vulture

The crucial difference makes Bobby Kennedy for President feel necessary, especially for those who either don't remember the era or weren't alive when it all happened.

April 30, 2018

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