SXSW FILM REVIEW: Documentary reveals Lady Bird Johnson and her tumultuous times, in her own words.
Culled from 123 hours of audio diaries made by Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson during her husband’s presidency from 1963 until 1969,
’s doc provides an immersive tour of one of the most turbulent decades in American history from a fascinating vantage point.Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sightis visually composed of nothing but archival footage, with a handful of animated sequences giving flesh to phone conversations, and the audio is all Lady Bird.
As LBJ was sworn in on an airplane fleeing Dallas on that November day in 1963, the shock of her new role was acute. “It was like going onstage for a role I never rehearsed,” she said. But soon enough, she is giving notes and a letter grade to her husband’s press conference appearances , and finds her footing as a first lady.
Through the passage of the Civil Rights acts, the Voting Rights act, and the Medicare Act, there was no shortage of intensity in Johnson’s presidency, not to mention the entire year of 1968, but it was Vietnam that plagued the man.illuminates the many faces of Lady Bird: empathetic wife to her husband’s depression, keen observer of the people in power around the president, and a strong moral compass.
It is by design that the film’s singular viewpoint lacks a larger context, but there are times when other perspectives would have been welcome. Nevertheless, as a portrait of a public figure reassessed during a seminal chapter of American history,
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