My documentary project focuses on the group of students who planned this event and why they invited Kennedy. The thesis project consists of two parts: a film and a paper. This paper accompanies the documentary thesis film Truth Marching On: Robert F. Kennedy at the University of Mississippi. In this paper, I attempt to do the following: 1) summarize the necessary backstory of Kennedy’s 1966 visit to the university that is central to my film and paper; 2) provide information and analysis of the components that make up the short film, which include interviews, archival materials, and additional film components; 3) give an overview of the structure of my short film and provide analysis about some of my filmmaking choices; 4) discuss some definitions of documentary film that inform my thinking about this project and discuss certain ways in which my film falls within the boundaries of these particular definitions.
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