All the Way follows President Lyndon Baines Johnson from the moment on November 22, 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas and Lyndon Johnson takes the oath of office as the President.
With the country in shock, LBJ, mindful that his is an accidental presidency, moves to shore up confidence in his new administration by vowing to carry on the Kennedy legacy by dedicating himself to the passage of Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill.
Deftly moving from assuring civil rights leaders and stroking the egos while dampening the fears of Southern politicians, LBJ goes from bacslapping good ole boy to sneering, threatening egotist, shaking hands, making promises, twisting arms and even using bribery, even as the South hopes he will gut the bill just as he did with the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
This story is timeless with its central characters Shakespearean in their depth and complexity.
Neither hero nor villain, LBJ is portrayed in all his glory, swearing and threatening one moment, charming and coosing the next.