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By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

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09/01/2010

BBC Two - By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

The story of the campaigners who helped Barack Obama reach the White House.

Film-makers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams tell the behind-the-scenes story of the passionate campaigners who helped a young African-American freshman senator reach the White House.

Nearly a year before Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States, film-makers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams began to roll cameras on the young senator. Featuring intimate footage of Obama, his family and his election team, this unique film documents the behind-the-scenes story of the passionate campaigners who helped a young African-American freshman senator reach the White House.

By The People tracks Obama's halting progress from long-odds candidate to front-runner in the 2008 presidential race. It's a roller-coaster ride that includes the victories and upsets that were followed by millions in the media, seen this time from within the Obama camp - from thrilling wins to disappointing losses in key states, from the high of receiving his party's nomination over Hillary Clinton, to the low of losing his grandmother the day before his final victory over John McCain on Election Day.

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