Becoming Barack: Evolution Of A Leader

Bcoming Barak
Becoming Barack: Evolution of a Leader

This is different from every other DVD I have or have seen on Obama. Unlike most other DVD's that focus mostly on his 2004 speech at the Democratic Convention and how he became President, this DVD focuses on his time in Chicago as a community organizer and how those experiences made him who he is today. The title is perfect.

I thought I knew about as much as there was to know about the President and his past, but I learned new information after watching it and it helped me understand how and why he develops coalitions and consensus while pushing his agenda forward. Hearing his mentors and colleagues from the 80's and early 90's, understanding how and why "Dreams of My Father" was written and changed from the original concept and seeing what he was able to accomplish as a community roganizer reinforced my personal belief that we all can make a...

Answering Sarah Palin's Question
As part of her standard speech while running for VP of the Republican Party, Sarah Palin kept asking, "Just what does a community organizer do?" This documentary answers that question perfectly as it tracks this relatively unknown period of Barack Obama's life through the words, deeds, pictures and filmed sequences of not only all of the people that he worked with and supported, but also through his own words from a never-been-seen-before interview with Obama at that time. When he decided to move to South Chicago to establish a base for learning how to work with and help others, many of the citizenry living there were initially very skeptical of this young 'Ivy Leaguer' entering their neighborhoods and lives with ambitions of creating 'change.' He did this through coalescing all of the various religious, ethnic and political factions into one voice with specific goals and agendas. His ability to listen to, digest and process all of their points-of-view, develop game plans to solve...

not receiverd.
thei Item was not shipped to me. Please send me tjhe tracking number -if it was shipped. the post office was contacted ,but they need the tracking number.

Click to Editorial Reviews