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Towering Task: The Story Of The Peace Corps Dvd

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Collection: Kino Lorber
Format: DVD
Year: 2023
Director: Alana DeJoseph
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jimmy Carter, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, John Coyne, Elizabeth Cobbs, Gerard T. Rice, Harris Wofford, Maria Shriver, Maureen Orth, Peter Hessler, Joe Kennedy, Donna Shalala, Taylor Hackford
Runtime: 111
Language: English
Release Date: 2023-12-05
Description

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." Audio Description