We wanted to record what were the emotional experiences, what was the ethos, what did it feel like to be inside the people who were actually making that piece of history. We tried to draw them out on the emotional experiences they were having, not just the clinical strategy of it all. Axelrod was not aware of the project until Obama really swung his presidential campaign into gear, and the filmmakers had to convince him to let them continue the project.
Visit msnbc. Send us tips! Write us at tv huffingtonpost. Will Norton's film likewise make celebrities of some Obama advisors? It's possible! But unlike The War Room , the Obama doc is expected to include plenty of backstage footage of the candidate himself, thus reducing camera time for the secondary players.
An interesting twist: at one point it looked like some of film's distribution proceeds might be headed back in the general direction of the Obama camp. This is a very interesting look at a Presidential campaign and the going ons behind the scene. By the People is a well crafted documentary that goes in depth about the subject and it is very interesting to watch.
I have to say I'm not really big into politics, but I have to say the campaigns are always quite interesting, and By the People gives us a very good look at a particularly historical Presidential campaign.
Thew film documentary is very well crafted and gives a thorough look at what goes on behind the scenes on…. My favorite political documentary, truly incredible this footage exists - showcasing both backstage before historical moments and the nitty gritty inner-workings of a campaign. Just a little. I was extremely invested the entire time, and I want to see more stuff like this.
This documentary just gave me so much hope, and shone light on stuff I had no idea about back when I was 6. It was just so reinvigorating to peek behind the curtain of one of the most revolutionary presidential campaigns in history. Obviously, if you didn't vote for him, or if you aren't a political junkie, you're probably not going to be interested. However, despite the narrow viewpoint and topic, it's a nice fly-on-the-wall look at the entire campaign primaries included , much like "The War Room", the great doc on the Bill Clinton campaign.
James E. Tammy Duckworth Self as Self archive footage. Ann Dunham Self as Self archive footage. Amy Rice Alicia Sams. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. In , Barack Obama -- a largely unknown freshman senator from Illinois -- hits the campaign trail in a struggle to gain national recognition. Cameras follow Obama as he recovers from nearly losing to Sen.
Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries and meets the challenge of his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain , in the general election. After a hard-fought campaign, Obama successfully captures the nation's imagination, becoming the first African-American president in U. The Election of Barack Obama. Did you know Edit. User reviews 9 Review. Top review. There was certainly inspiration and and an amount of risk taken by HBO to put a whole team to follow Obama's campaign starting with , as his election was not really in the cards from the start.
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