One Thousand Pictures - RFK
A snapshot of a nation in mourning
As Bobby Kennedy's body was transported by train from New York to Washington D.C. following his assassination, Magnum photographer Paul Fusco captured indelible images of the thousands of mourners that lined the rail tracks to pay their respects.
One Thousand Pictures combines stunning archive footage and contemporary interviews with many of the people caught in Fusco's lens that day. The trip, scheduled for four hours, ended up taking eight, as tens of thousands of people crammed the route in a scene reminiscent of Abraham Lincoln's funeral train a century earlier. Fusco estimates he shot over a thousand frames that afternoon and evening. Many of the photos were included in his book "RFK Funeral Train" and are the foundation for this film, which also includes video footage of the journey, the funeral that preceded it, and the late night Arlington Cemetery burial that followed it. 'One Thousand Pictures: R.F.K.'s Last Journey' also features reflections from Frank Mankiewicz, RFK's Press Secretary who was also on the train. Most poignantly, dozens of people whose images were captured by Fusco are interviewed, 43 years later.
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