Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

(June 2008) If MTV edited a presidential campaign video, it would probably look and feel a bit like In Search of Kennedy, a new documentary film by Chuck Workman and Stephen J. Kern.The movie applies a 21st century sheen to the most iconic of 20th century political figures, John F. Kennedy.It is incredibly au currant, with the 2008 Democratic references narrowed down to Obama and Clinton.The movie – which reminds us that, in 2000, even George W. Bush was sold to the American public as being Kennedy-like! – is crammed with familiar faces interviewed expressly for this project, including Norman Mailer, Tom Hayden, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Michael Moore, Garrison Keillor, Chris Matthews, Arianna Huffington and Senators Edward Kennedy, Joseph Biden and Chris Dodd. Alec Baldwin and Elisabeth Peña speak the words of prominent writers. Workman, who wrote and directed In Search of Kennedy over a three-year period, received his Oscar® for his live action short “Precious Images.”Previously, Workman produced and direc