“I’m Rory, the last and 11th child raised by my mother.” That’s how Emmy-winner Rory Kennedy opens this intimate—and affecting—documentary about Ethel Kennedy, the 84-year-old widow of Robert F. Kennedy. Through interviews with family as well as home movies and news clips, the filmmaker shows her mother to be an unassuming but indomitable woman who’s become an avid advocate of her husband’s legacy. Late in an extraordinary life, Ethel advises, “Have your wits about you and dig in. Do what you can, because it might not last.” Thursday, Oct. 18, at 9 p.m., HBO
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