Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy was born on December 12,1968 and is an American documentary filmmaker who is the youngest and posthumous child of US Senator Robert F Kennedy and Ethel Skakel.
34 Facts About Rory Kennedy
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Rory Kennedy's films have been featured on many television networks.
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Rory Kennedy was born on December 12,1968 in Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC to parents Robert F Kennedy, a former United States Attorney General, US Senator, and 1968 US presidential candidate, and his wife Ethel Kennedy.
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Rory Kennedy was born six months after her father was assassinated.
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Rory Kennedy's mother chose her name "Rory" after the last high king of Ireland, Rory O'Connor, who ruled in the 12th century.
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On December 19,1968, a week after Rory Kennedy was born, her mother took her to her father's grave at Arlington National Cemetery.
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When Rory Kennedy was a teenager, she was arrested during a protest outside the South African Embassy.
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Rory Kennedy graduated from Madeira School in McLean, Virginia and then Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Rory Kennedy directed and co-produced American Hollow, a film about a struggling Appalachian family that received critical acclaim and many awards.
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Rory Kennedy presented the documentary at Wittenberg University on September 13,2001.
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In October 2001, Rory Kennedy traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, to address the opening meeting of the National Council of Jewish Women.
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Rory Kennedy directed and co-produced the Emmy Award-nominated series Pandemic: Facing AIDS, which premiered at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Spain, on July 8,2002.
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Rory Kennedy directed and co-produced A Boy's Life, the story of a young boy and his family in rural Mississippi.
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When Rory Kennedy was asked in a March 24,2004, interview with Salon about her interest in the American South, she cited her father's experiences in the region as an inspiration and starting point.
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Rory Kennedy directed and co-produced Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable for HBO, which was broadcast on September 9,2004.
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Rory Kennedy directed and co-produced Homestead Strike as part of The History Channel's series, 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America.
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Rory Kennedy directed and co-produced Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Documentary.
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Rory Kennedy first learned of the Abu Ghraib prison practices when images came out in the media, which were accompanied by a New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh.
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Rory Kennedy conducted interviews with people who were present at the prison along with those directly involved in the abuse.
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Rory Kennedy directed Thank You, Mr President: Helen Thomas at the White House for HBO Documentary Films, which premiered on HBO on August 18,2008.
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On June 30,2009, Rory Kennedy was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Rory Kennedy directed The Fence, which premiered at the opening night of The Sundance Film Festival 2010.
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Rory Kennedy conducted interviews with her siblings over five days at the Rory Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port.
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Rory Kennedy was reported to have signed with production company Nonfiction Unlimited in May 2014.
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Rory Kennedy had difficulty getting some of the people featured in her film to get involved.
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On January 11,2019, Rory Kennedy co-authored a Rolling Stone opinion piece with Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis and the Malibu Foundation's Trevor Neilson on the current climate crisis.
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Rory Kennedy announced her support of Barack Obama as the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2008 US presidential election in an op-ed essay, "Two fine choices, one clear decision - Obama", in the San Francisco Chronicle stating:.
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Recently, my mother, Ethel Rory Kennedy, said of Obama: 'I think he feels it.
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Rory Kennedy subsequently endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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Rory Kennedy was with him at the time of the accident and tried to save his life by giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
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Rory Kennedy met Bailey in Washington through mutual friends after graduating from Brown University.
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Rory Kennedy went on maternity leave from her filmmaking career for the birth of her son in 2007.
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Rory Kennedy sold her Shelter Island home in December 2009.
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Rory Kennedy has spoken of her work and its relation to that of her father.