Dawn Porter is revisiting Robert F. Kennedy’s tragic presidential run. The award-winning filmmaker will helm a Netflix docuseries about the former Senator from New York, Deadline reports. “Bobby Kennedy for President” marks the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s presidential campaign, which ended with his assassination.
Set to debut on Netflix April 27, the four-part series “utilizes rare and never-before-seen archival footage,” according to the source. “It includes new interviews with RFK confidantes and staffers, including Harry Belafonte, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Neil Gallagher, Dolores Huerta, Ambassador William Vanden Heuvel, Paul Schrade, Franklin A. Thomas, William Arnone, Marian Wright Edelman. and Peter Edelman. In it, Porter reveals what America gained and what it lost in the life, vision, politics, and enduring legacy of Bobby Kennedy.”
Kennedy was portrayed by Peter Sarsgaard in 2016 Natalie Portman-starrer “Jackie.”
Porter’s most recent project is “Fatherless,” a 2017 Fusion doc about “Grace & Frankie” actor and comedian Baron Vaughn’s search for his biological father. Her directorial debut, “Gideon’s Army,” a portrait of three young Public Defenders, was nominated for an Emmy and an Indie Spirit Award and won awards from Sundance and Tribeca. Porter is a former lawyer. Her other film credits include “Trapped” and “Spies of Mississippi.”