“By the time I was born, part of the story was already over. And another, different story, was just beginning.” These are the words of director Rory Kennedy, born just six months after the death of her father, Robert Kennedy. In this moving portrait of the filmmaker’s stalwart mother, Ethel, we get an intimate look at a woman who lost the love of her life over four decades ago, and steeled herself to the task of raising eleven children on her own. Equal parts home movie and firsthand account, the film takes us to the earliest days of Camelot and the moment in California that shattered the hopes of a generation. As history unfolds onscreen, Ethel Kennedy shares her unique perspective on these critical moments in the political life of twentieth-century America. Through family interviews and a wealth of stunning archival footage, Kennedy gracefully traces her mother’s arc from rambunctious youth to a woman with a lifelong passion for progressive causes—as much a champion of social justice as the man she married.  RM