Picturing the Presidents
"Is image everything?"
We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.
"Is image everything?"
We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.
Salvatore Vecchio
Narrator
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Elaine de Kooning
Self (archive footage)
Addie Moray
Self
We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.
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