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Article: Obama film on HBO.(ARTS ETC.)(TUNING IN TO TV)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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Byline: Richard Slusser, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Obama film on HBO
The documentary The War Room chronicled Bill Clinton's political operation in 1992, adding a phrase to the political lexicon in the process. Alexandra Pelosi's Journeys With George captured the oddities of a national campaign onboard George W. Bush's airplane in 2000.
The makers of By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, which premieres Tuesday - election night - on HBO, wouldn't mind the same status, Associated Press reports.
That was our hope - that we would create something for history, said filmmaker Alicia Sams, who made the documentary with colleague Amy Rice ...