Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's assassination. Based on a book by Ellen Fitzpatrick

Cast

Anne Hathaway

as Self - Letter Reader

Bérénice Bejo

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Michelle Williams

as Self - Letter Reader

Kirsten Dunst

as Self - Letter Reader

Chris Cooper

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Demián Bichir

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Jessica Chastain

as Self - Letter Reader

Zooey Deschanel

as Self - Letter Reader

Allison Janney

as Self - Narrator (voice)

John Krasinski

as Self - Letter Reader

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