Biography - Barack Obama | 
| Actor: Barack Obama
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
Category: DVD
Buy New: $49.99
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 57624
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 50 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D77619D
UPC: 733961776195
EAN: 0733961776195
ASIN: B000T28PH4
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: NEWest edition 08
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This cable-television biography about the life of Illinois senator Barack Obama was made before he began campaigning to be the Democratic party's candidate for the 2008 presidential race. Still, the program suggests Obama has one or another kind of profound, Anerican destiny as a mixed-race activist who never comfortably fit into one or another group, and had to look deep into his own roots to understand his identity. The son of a white American mother and black Kenyan father, Obama was abandoned by the latter when he returned to his native country to work for its improvement. Raised by his mother--whom Obama credits with teaching him many of his values--and his grandmother, Obama lived in Hawaii as a child but moved to Indonesia for a few years when his mom remarried. There, Obama saw cyclical poverty and the underlying factors that perpetuate it before returning to Hawaii. Interviews with childhood friends and his sister describe Obama's restlessness before attending Harvard law school and propelling himself into a life of public service and community activism. Often accused of lacking enough political experience to qualify him for the White House, Obama comes across in this show as a visionary and experienced consensus-builder who can reach across opposing points of view. --Tom Keogh (Rereleased in a 2008 Election Update edition)
Product Description
When he called himself "a skinny kid with a funny name" at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, his political star was already on the rise. By the time he decimated the competition in 2004 race for the Illinois Senate, he was the bona fide golden child of a Democratic party desperately in need of a winner. In many ways, the story of Barack Obama is a uniquely American tale of the 21st century, where racial lines are blurry and the most interesting chapter is just beginning.
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 Lite and thin. A few of the basics, but little more. October 13, 2008
Quickhappy (Big city, big country)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can't imagine buying this lightweight biography of Barack Obama. I was interested to learn about the man's childhood and his rise to power, but found myself wanting a good deal more. For one thing, there's little critique at all. I'm an ardent Obama supporter, but I would have appreciated a more well-rounded discussion. Furthermore, the producers might have bothered to discuss his legislation, his political philosophy, and his place with regard to the major issues of the day. But no mention of 9/11, fiscal policies, war, or health care. Very little is offered other than some biography about the man's family. In a sense, this video exempflifies the deplorably shallow state of US journali$m today. Afraid to ask questions of power, US info-tainment ends up only serving power.
 Barack's Biography August 8, 2008
amjladje (White Plains, NY)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Barack Obama Biography was excellent. I intend to show it to everyone who has any doubts of his past.
He has excellent credentials. He is a brilliant man.
I guess if I had one thing to say about the video that I did not like...it would be it was not updated. They leave you at his election to the Senate. I would have liked to see it at least up to his entry into the Presidential Race.
Regardless, it was well worth the money and I enjoyed the biography very much.
 Incomplete and somewhat over-complimentary August 1, 2008
PammyLorel (Midwest)
14 out of 27 found this review helpful
I wish that this biography had more NEW information in it versus what is already easily publicly available via a Google search. Also, it seems a bit like a plug for Obama versus a factual account of his life and history.
Very Informative July 17, 2008
aaowood (Boston, MA USA)
9 out of 27 found this review helpful
This is a very well constructed documentary that gives us a glimpse into the man behind one of the most historic candidacies for President that this country has ever seen. A balanced and insightful piece that is a great introduction to this rising star in American politics.
OBAMA BIOGRAPHY PRESENTS HIS "LIFE STORY" AND "SOME BASIC THEMES" May 19, 2008
Harold L. Carter (Dayton, OH)
5 out of 32 found this review helpful
AS THOUGH IN ANTICIPATION OF A MAY 19, 2008 NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE FRONT COVER ENTITLED: "THE O-TEAM: OBAMA HAS SHOWN HE CAN RUN A CAMPAIGN, HE'D BETTER GET READY FOR A WAR,"
ON MAY 7, 2008, IN AN ABC NEWS ARTICLE: "THE NOTE: `FIGHT IS OVER': CLINTON NEEDED BIG VICTORY, OBAMA EMERGED," BY RICK KLEIN WITH MIKE ELMORE:
FOLLOWING THE NORTH CAROLINA VICTORY BY OBAMA, IT WAS INDICATED:
"BARACK OBAMA NOT ONLY NEARLY CLINCHED THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION TUESDAY NIGHT.
HE ALSO ANSWERED A BIG QUESTION ABOUT THE FALL CAMPAIGN, JONATHAN ALTER WRITES: "THE GLASS JAW THAT HILLARY CLINTON AND
JOHN MCCAIN THOUGHT THEY SAW TURNED OUT TO BE AN ILLUSION. IN
THE JINGLE OF THE OLD TIMEX WATCH ADS, HE TOOK A LICKING AND
KEPT ON TICKING."
THE MAY 19, 2008 NEWSWEEK EDITORIAL RAISED THE QUESTION "CAN THE O-TEAM WITHSTAND AN ONSLAUGHT FROM JOHN MCCAIN AND THE REPUBLICANS, WHO'VE BEEN BIDING THEIR TIME WHILE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN ROUGHING EACH OTHER UP?"
THOUGH ALSO INDICATING THAT "PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
EVENTUALLY SETTLE INTO CONTRASTING NARRATIVES OF THE
CANDIDATES BIOGRAPHIES, CHARACTER AND IDEOLOGY" AND THAT
BARACK OBAMA IN QUESTIONING THE VALUE OF HILLARY CLINTON'S
"WASHINGTON EXPERIENCE," CONTENDED "THAT HIS WIDE-RANGING
BACKGROUND HAS IMBUED HIM WITH SUPERIOR JUDGMENT."
BARACK OBAMA'S "BIOGRAPHY," PUBLISHED IN 2007 PRIOR TO HIS 2008 CAMPAIGN, IS AN EXCELLENT COVERAGE OF THAT "WIDE-RANGING BACKGROUND."
AS THE MAY 19, 2008 TIME MAGAZINE IN THE ARTICLE, "HOW HE LEARNED TO WIN" BY MICHAEL WEISSKOPF, CHICAGO, INDICATED: "TROUNCED IN HIS FIRST BIG RACE (AGAINST FORMER ILLINOIS BLACK PANTHER PARTY CO-FOUNDER, BOBBY RUSH), BARACK OBAMA RETOOLED AND WON A SENATE SEAT. HOW THE WARD POLITICS IN CHICAGO GAVE OBAMA AN EDUCATION THAT HAS EARNED HIM A SHOT AT THE PRESIDENCY."
I BELIEVE THAT THIS DVD BRINGS OUT "THE BASIC THEMES" REFERRED TO BY OBAMA'S CHIEF POLITICAL AND MEDIA ADVISER, A CHICAGO CONSULTANT NAMED DAVID AXELROD, "THE KING OF CHICAGO POLITICAL CONSULTANTS," INDICATED, IN THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, APRIL 1, 2007 ARTICLE: "OBAMA'S NARRATOR":
" ... ONE OF THE REASONS BUSH HAS SUCCEEDED IN TWO ELECTIONS," AXELROD SAYS, "IS THAT IN HIS OWN ROUGH-HEWN WAY HE HAS CONVEYED A SENSE OF THIS IS WHO I AM, WARTS AND ALL." ... "AXELROD HAS WORKED THROUGH OBAMA'S LIFE STORY AGAIN AND AGAIN, SCOURING IT FOR USABLE POLITICAL MATERIAL AND HE BELIEVES THAT SOME BASIC THEMES COME THROUGH:
"THAT HE IS "NOT WEDDED TO ANY IDEOLOGICAL FRAME OR DOGMA,"
THAT HE IS "AN OUTSIDER RATHER THAN SOMEONE WHO'S SPENT YEARS IN THE DENS OF GEORGETOWN,"
THAT HE IS AN "AGENT FOR CHANGE" AND HAS THE OPTIMISM AND DYNAMISM OF A FRESH YOUNG FACE."
Harold L Carter, Manager,
HistoryAfricanAfricanAmericanEgyptianHistory@groups.msn.com
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