Director: Robert Yuhas
Writer(s): Stuart A. Goldman , Robert Yuhas
Starring: Barack Obama, Phil LaMarr, Loretta Augustine-Herron, Douglas Baird, Derrick Bell, Charles Branham, Melody Spann Cooper, Ann Dunham, Edward Gardner, Terri Gardner, Jesse Jackson, Gerald Kellman, Martin Luther King, Mike Kruglik, Alvin Love, Nelson Mandela, Judd Miner, Carol Moseley Braun, Sanford Newman, Barack Obama Sr., Auma Obama, Malia Obama, Michelle Obama, Sasha Obama, Johnnie Owens, Toni Preckwinkle, Linda Randle, Jesse Ruiz, Bobby Rush, Harold Washington
Synopsis: BECOMING BARACK presents a close-up, never-seen perspective of Barack Obama. Starting with his early days as a Chicago organizer in the 1980’s and the early 1990’s, BECOMING BARACK offers new details about how his identity evolved and his leadership skills developed. Even during this early period in his career, a vision of hope for “the world as it should be” shone brightly. But along the way, he realized that gaining power was the most certain path toward helping to assure change. This is the story of Barack Obama’s amazing journey–a future president–years before he was a public figure!
Release Date: August 6, 2009 (USA) | Length: 60 min | Genre: Biography, History | MPAA Rating: NR