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2016: Obama's America
2016: Obama's America

2016: Obama's America

Love Him, Hate Him, You Don't Know Him

Genres

Documentary

OverView

"If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?" Across the globe and in America, people in 2008 hungered for a leader who would unite and lift us from economic turmoil and war. True to Americas ideals, they invested their hope in a new kind of president, Barack Obama. What they didn't know is that Obama is a man with a past, and in powerful ways that past defines him--who he is, how he thinks, and where he intends to take America and the world.

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Budget

$2500000

Revenue

$33449086

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

88 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

13 July 2012

Country

United States of America

Cast

Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh D'Souza

Self

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage)

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Self (archive footage)

Cait Brasel

Cait Brasel

Young Democrate

Gene Burris Jr.

Gene Burris Jr.

Stanford University College Student

Lisa Fox

Lisa Fox

Professor / Administrator

Zackary Steven Graham

Zackary Steven Graham

Dartmouth College Student

Shelby Steele

Shelby Steele

Self

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