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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "JIMMY CARTER"

This biography, the latest in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's library of presidential portraits, traces the ascent of an ambitious country boy from a peanut farm in Plains, Georgia, to the Oval Office. It examines the failings of Carter's political leadership in the context of the turbulent 1970s and explores the role religion played in his career. The film features interviews with many close to the Carter administration, including his wife Rosalynn, son Chip, Press Secretary Jody Powell and Vice President Walter Mondale.

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What do you think is President Carter's greatest accomplishment? His biggest failure? His greatest virtue? Most serious shortcoming?

Do you think Carter's actions to alleviate the energy crisis were the right or wrong approach?

Do you think there is any connection between the hostage crisis and the current situation vis-à-vis Islamic fundamentalist threats? How do you think Carter should have handled the hostage situation?

Do you think the U.S. should have allowed the cancer-stricken Shah of Iran into the country for treatment?

How do you think Carter should have handled the hostage situation?

What do you consider Carter's greatest virtue? His most serious shortcoming?

Does it seem to you that the Carter marriage is a true partnership?

Do you think that school-age children of presidents should be sent to public or private school? How much access should the media have to these children?

Former Carter administration staffer Hendrik Hertzberg says that history is going to regard Carter in a more favorable light than his modern contemporaries. What do you think?

In the announcement that President Carter won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Carter's decades of "untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." Do you think Carter deserved this honor? Why or why not? What other 20th century presidents do you think deserve this award, and why?

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