BY THE PEOPLE: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA by Amy Rice & Alicia Sams

 

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It might be months since the election of the century but Obama-mania shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. First there were t-shirts, then came the mugs and now its a feature-length documentary, By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama. – acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide and set to make its debut on HBO.

Following in the footsteps of The War Room, a documentary on Clinton’s presidential campaign, directors Amy Rice and Alicia Sams have teamed up with Edward Norton‘s Class 5 Films to make the political documentary of 2009. 

This type of film typically would only be intended for political enthusiasts, but with Barack Obama’s ‘rockstar’ status, Sony may well have a hit on their hands.

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Bermuda Triangle (INSIDE GUANTANAMO, written and directed by Jon Else, to be screened on the National Geographic Channel)

It is the legal equivalent of outer space, a place with no law.

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Say Guantanamo Bay and three images instantly come to mind, barbed wire, watchtowers and the infamous orange overalls.

In Inside Guantanamo, director Jon Else takes us beyond the exterior we know all too well and into the complete unknown. The team wasn’t allowed to interview detainees, name the staff or go anywhere near Camp 7, believed to be housing Al-Q’aeda members, for all that, however, it is neither smiley-faced government propaganda nor left-wing rabble-rousing. 

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Yes We Can!

 

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Artists take inspiration from everywhere, even from politicians. Usually its their apathy or arrogance provoking an impassioned reaction, but Barack Obama, true to form, is breaking the mould. Once again he is proving to be an inspiration to more than just the American voting public.

Internet culture and technology are changing the business of making documentary films, from how producers find important stories to how finished works reach viewers, according to The Good Pitch chief executive Jess Search.

In their bid to keep up with the ever-changing nature of today’s film industry, documentary-makers are looking to the US president, the freshly crowned king of online community organizing for a little je ne sais quoi.

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