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Spike.com | All Access Weekly: Elijah Wood Extended Interview [x]
Watching “I Am JFK Jr.” for the second time. I watched it the night it first aired, then went on a Kennedy (and all of the President’s) documentary binge, so this film can be credited with really getting me interested in politics and history.
I remember where I was the day JFK Jr.’s plane went missing, I was visiting my grandparents in Florida, and I don’t know that I really had an understanding of who he was at the time (I was about 13) but I knew something big was going on. I mean, I remember where I was and watching all of the news coverage.
Having become a huge JFK and RFK fan, I now truly feel the loss of not seeing JFK Jr. continue to grow. When I first watched the documentary, I felt very emotional, because you can look at his trajectory and recognize that it’s highly likely he would’ve run for office, and would probably be President now or someday. So I felt like we were missing out.
It feels like all of the Kennedy’s are promises of something special, the new frontier, and we lost all of them, far too soon.
Note:
I highly recommend viewing, in this order:
PBS’ American Experience: The Kennedy’s
PBS’ American Experience: JFK (on Blu Ray)
PBS’ American Experience: RFK
I Am JFK Jr.
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