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Title A towering task / directed by Alana DeJoseph.

Publication Info. New York, NY : First Run Features, [2023]
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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - New Materials  DVD 361.6    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD video
Documentary films. lcgft
System Details DVD, all regions NTSC, widescreen; color.
Language English audio; English, Spanish, French, German & Portuguese subtitles.
Note Title from sell sheet.
Cast Jimmy Carter, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, John Coyne, Elizabeth Cobbs.
Note Originally released as a documentary film in 2019.
Wide screen.
Summary In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave Americans a new way to serve their country: the Peace Corps. In its 60-year history, 200,000+ volunteers have traveled to more than 140 countries to carry out the organization's mission of world peace and friendship a towering task, indeed. Through interviews with Corps volunteers, Heads-of-State, scholars, journalists, and host country nationals, the film explores how this uniquely American government agency has attempted to answer Kennedy's call: "My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
Subject Peace Corps (U.S.) -- History.
Genre/Form documentary film. (CStmoGRI)aatgf300375156
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Added Author DeJoseph, Alana, film director.
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- onscreen participant.
Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938- onscreen participant.
Coyne, John, onscreen participant.
First-Run Features (Firm), publisher.
Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.
Added Title A towering task : the story of the Peace Corps
Standard No. 720229918312
Music No. FRF918312D First Run Features
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