The Kennedys: A battered family with still little-known facets: Nine siblings whose lives set the highlights of the American century and revealed its depths. Their Irish origins also play a role - a European watermark in an American dream. The Kennedys: As a family clan, their charisma, prominence and mystique are only surpassed by the British royals. A battered family with still little-known facets: Nine siblings whose lives set the highlights of the American century and revealed its depths. Their Irish origins also play a role. The documentary gives the two most prominent members of the family, JFK and Bobby Kennedy, adequate time, but does not make them the focus. Instead, the aim is to highlight the network of relationships, its social gravity, but also the centrifugal forces that came into effect. This time, the focus is not only on the male members, but equally on the five sisters. All of their stories are interwoven, and the family ethos of dedicating one's life to serving one's country is a leitmotif throughout the film. Presidential historian Barbara A. Perry discusses the role of mother Rose, journalist Ronald Kessler and historian David Nasaw discuss the lifelong influence of father Joseph P. Kennedy on his children, and biographers Larry Tye and Alan Posener analyze the relationships between the siblings, six of whom were active in politics. In Ireland, Patrick Grennan, a cousin of the Kennedys, and historians Timothy Meagher and Daniel Geary talk about the special and very enduring Irishness of the Kennedy family. Documentary by Anna Steuber and André Schäfer (D 2023, 90 min) #kennedy #family #usa Video available on YouTube until December 24, 2024 Link to the media library: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/112560-... Subscribe to ARTE's YouTube channel: / artede Follow us on social networks: Facebook: / arte.tv Twitter: / artede Instagram: / arte.tv