Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
TV14
Documentary
Biography
The journey of Barack Obama set against the backdrop of the country’s unfolding racial history.
Cast & Crew
Peter Kunhardt Director
George Kunhardt Producer
Teddy Kunhardt Producer
Maya Mumma Producer
Matthew O. Henderson Producer
Andi Bernstein Executive Producer
Mona Sutphen Executive Producer
Jelani Cobb Executive Producer
Jacqueline Glover Executive Producer
Peter Kunhardt Executive Producer
Nancy Abraham Executive Producer
Lisa Heller Executive Producer
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Matt Roush says...
A three-part documentary profile of former President Barack Obama (continuing through Thursday) focuses on his rapid rise to political prominence and his aspirations to unite a racially divided country with what New Yorker editor David Remnick describes as “a new kind of American optimism.” The first night deals with his unusual background as the son of a distant father from Kenya and a single white mother from Kansas, his schooling in Hawaii and higher education (including becoming the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review). Obama’s introduction to politics, and the Black church, begins as a community organizer in Chicago before throwing his hat into the ring as a State Senator and beyond. His 2004 keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention put him in the national spotlight, and we all know what happened from there.
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