Peter Kunhardt’s three-part documentary examines Barack Obama’s rise to the presidency and the role race played in shaping his political identity, achievements and legacy.
Generic as an all-purpose biography, but insightful when it focuses on race.That first mode makes for an interesting and sometimes provocative documentary. The second is perplexingly distracting and unnecessary. And you can’t get one without the other.fall mostly into that second category.
On the basic biographical side, Kunhardt’s access is simply thin. Other than the ex-president’s half-sister, who makes a couple of brief appearances, nobody named Obama actually appears in the doc. It’s bizarre how heavily the first two episodes rely on one or two major Barack Obama interviews with other people. A couple ofinterviews from early phases of his career are so close to the spine of this documentary that you may find yourself wishing you could just go watch those interviews instead.
You can tell that Illinois’ Rep. Bobby Rush, for example, is still hurt that Obama ran against him in a congressional primary, and also that he’s a little cocky about handing Obama his lone electoral defeat. He’s not going to come out and cackle about it, but you can tell. Rush is central to the documentary’s depiction of Obama’s ambition.
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