Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived (2008)

First-time filmmaker Koji Masutani and Brown University professor James G. Blight ask: Can a president make a decisive difference in matters of war and peace... or, are the forces that drive a nation into war a lot more impersonal, out of the control of any single human being, even a president? In 1963 the US had 16,000 military advisors in Vietnam . By 1968, President Lyndon Johnson had sent 500,000 troops. Virtual JFK rethinks Kennedy's legendary 1,000-day presidency, selecting from more than 250 hours of archival material some of the brightest, funniest moments from his press conferences, as well as some of the scariest ones, when the Cold War threatens to turn hot. More »

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