By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a documentary film produced by Edward Norton broadcast in November 2009 on HBO, which follows Barack Obama and various members of his campaign team, including David Axelrod, through the two years leading up to the United States presidential election on November 4th, 2008.
Direction
Two female directors embedded for two years, unprecedented access
Editing
Campaign chaos shaped into coherent narrative arc
Director
Amy Rice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edward Norton produced this through his Class 5 Films, obsessed with Obama after meeting him in 2004.
Released one year into Obama's presidency, it accidentally documents the last moment before disillusionment set in.
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