From a massacre to the Oval Office — 244 years of Black resistance in 68 minutes.
The Election of President Barack Obama began on March 5, 1770 at the Boston Massacre with the death of Crispus Attucks.
Acting
Angela Bassett's narration could make a grocery list sound revolutionary.
Direction
Taylor connects Attucks to Obama with devastating clarity.
Writing
The through-line argument is bold, reductive, and weirdly works.
Director
Terrell Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Crispus Attucks was the first of five people killed in the Boston Massacre and is widely considered the first American killed in the Revolution — though his Black and Indigenous heritage was historically downplayed in textbooks.
Released during Obama's second term, the documentary now reads as almost painfully optimistic about post-racial America — a time capsule of hope before Ferguson and the 2016 election.
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