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A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps

Carter, Jimmy
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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."

MWT rating: NR.|||adult

12/05/2023.

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

Director, Alana Dejoseph.

DVD.

English audio. English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese subtitles. 
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