To take this long poignant event-driven life and reduce it to a compelling two hours is a work of art. This is a dramatic and gripping a story, one audiences will not soon forget. The audience didn’t want to leave, and the conversation continued well into the evening: about the role of government, the clash of principle and compromise, and what has to happen to bring about the bi-partisan collaboration that enables democracy to work. It is an important and fresh exploration of American history. It is not only a true study of Humphrey - warts and all - but also a look at the era, a story whose relevance for our time is remarkable. The film resonates as if it were about the morning’s headlines. I knew Hubert Humphrey well and lived through many of the events that Caouette brings to life again, including the momentous enactment of civil rights legislation, the Vietnam debacle, and the violence that shook the streets of Chicago in l968. It is a powerful film about arguably the most important United States Senator of the 20th century whose great personal courage shaped the world we live in. HUMPHREY: THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE during the premiere in Minneapolis. Last evening I was among more than a thousand people who watched, laughed, gasped and wept at Mick Caouette’s HUBERT H.
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