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I'm writing to suggest that you welcome back TV/film producer Libby Handros to discuss
FOUR DIED TRYING, an epic investigative documentary series about the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, to premiere on November 22, 2023 on
Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and Google Play–the 60th anniversary of JFK's assassination.
You can view the trailer for the series
here. Here are a few more clips that show the explosive nature of the series:
FOUR DIED TRYING is the first series that considers the important shared causes these four iconic men fought for––peace and social justice––and why they challenged the status quo and stirred opposition from political enemies, responsible for their deaths. It also traces the erosion of democracy back to these fateful assassinations.
FOUR DIED TRYING features over 120 new interviews (and counting) with family members, colleagues, officials, critics, and even enemies of the four men, who have, until now, stayed silent about their knowledge. Notables include: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Stephen Kennedy Smith, Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, Isaac Farris, Jr. (Reverend King's nephew), Illaysa Shabazz (daughter of Malcolm X), confidants and colleagues like Mort Sahl and Dick Gregory (in their last interviews); Adam Walinksky and Peter Edelman (aides to RFK); Oliver Stone, and hundreds more.
FOUR DIED TRYING is the first series to gather all new evidence existing to date to counter the government-sanctioned story on the four assassinations over the last 60 years in one cinematic tour de force.
Thanks for listening and I look forward to your thoughts.
Best,
Julia Drake
Biography
Producer Libby Handros began her career over twenty-five years ago at THE PRESS & THE PUBLIC PROJECT, joining the team that produced the ground-breaking Inside Story, the first regularly scheduled examination of the American press ever to appear on television. That nationally broadcast series aired weekly on PBS for five years and won every major television journalism award. Handros has gone on to develop and produce over one hundred hours of prime-time programming on a wide array of subjects— public policy, news, sports, history, international affairs, education, and the movies. Her film, CAPE SPIN: AN AMERICAN POWER STRUGGLE, played theatrically from Lincoln Center to The Brattle and was dubbed “Rollicking” by The Phoenix and “Sober, lighthearted, even wacky” by the Associated Press.
