A Ripple of Hope (2008)
55 min
On April 4th, 1968 the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Robert Kennedy was in the midst of a presidential campaign that was attempting to bridge racial and economic divisions. As word of the assassination spread, riots and fires erupted in cities across the nation. Urged to cancel a rally before a mixed crowd in the inner city of Indianapolis, Robert Kennedy refused. The threat of violence was very real. But the few, simple words he spoke that night are credited with creating a sense of calm that settled over those neighborhoods during chaotic days following Dr. King’s death.
- Release date
- January 15, 2010
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- John Colby
- Budget
- $175
Cast
- John Lewis as Self - U.S. Senator and RFK Campaign Staffer
- Adam Walinsky as Self - RFK Speechwriter
- Frank Mankiewicz as Self - RFK Press Secretary
- Thurston Clarke as Self - RFK Biographer
- Darlene Howard as Self - Indianapolis Resident
- Jim Trulock as Self - Indianapolis Resident
- Bill Gigerich as Self - RFK Campaign Staffer
- John Seigenthaler Sr. as Self - Editor & Publisher of the Nashville Tennessean
- Jim Tolan as Self - RFK Campaign Advance Man
- Vechel Rhodes as Self - Indianapolis Resident
Crew
- Donald Boggs · Director
- Donald Boggs · Producer
- John Colby · Composer
- Mark G. Dawson · Cinematographer
- Mark G. Dawson · Editor
- Chris Witt · Editor