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A towering task / directed by Alana DeJoseph.

New York, NY : First Run Features, [2023]

©2023

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

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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."

Peace Corps (U.S.) -- History.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

DeJoseph, Alana, film director.

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024 onscreen participant.

Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938- onscreen participant.

Coyne, John, onscreen participant.

First-Run Features (Firm), publisher.

Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.

A towering task : the story of the Peace Corps

Title from sell sheet.

Originally released as a documentary film in 2019.

Wide screen.

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

DVD, all regions NTSC, widescreen; color.

English audio; English, Spanish, French, German & Portuguese subtitles.

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