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Title:

A towering task / directed by Alana DeJoseph.

Publisher:

First Run Features,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Peace Corps (U.S.)--History.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.

Other Authors:

Carter, Jimmy, 1924- onscreen participant.
DeJoseph, Alana, film director.
Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938- onscreen participant.
Coyne, John, onscreen participant.
First-Run Features (Firm), publisher.
Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.

Notes:

Jimmy Carter, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, John Coyne, Elizabeth Cobbs. 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."

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1407427200

UPC:

720229918312

Locations:

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)