Becoming Barack: Evolution of a Leader
Review
There’s been an explosion of Barack Obama memorabilia onto the market since the presidential election, much of it garbage just trying to cash in on the hysteria. This includes DVDs, although the best of the bunch for my money is this bio-pic which focuses on Obama’s life from his days as a community organizer in Chicago right up to the present. The film includes footage of a 1990 interview conducted after he had been elected editor-in-chief of the Harvard Law Review which …
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Becoming Barack: Evolution of a Leader
This is different from every other DVD I have or have seen on Obama. Unlike most other DVD’s that focus mostly on his 2004 speech at the Democratic Convention and how he became President, this DVD focuses on his time in Chicago as a community organizer and how those experiences made him who he is today. The title is perfect.
I thought I knew about as much as there was to know about the President and his past, but I learned new information after watching it and it helped me understand how and why he develops coalitions and consensus while pushing his agenda forward. Hearing his mentors and colleagues from the 80’s and early 90’s, understanding how and why “Dreams of My Father” was written and changed from the original concept and seeing what he was able to accomplish as a community roganizer reinforced my personal belief that we all can make a difference.
Although it’s not one long interview but broken up throughout the DVD, I can see from what’s call the “lost” interivew that the President developed a philosophy from his time in Chicago that he believed in and carried out in his 2008 campaign and beyond.
This DVD is not just for fans and supporters of the President, but an inspirational “DVD” that will fire you up about what each of us can do in our lives to make a better communtiy and a better world.