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The Obama Years: The Power of Words

10.0 51 mins Documentary   2017
Smithsonian Networks   SNI/SI Networks L.L.C  
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Barack Obama launched into our national consciousness at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and ever since, he's delivered messages of patriotism, unity, and hope through the power of words. But of all the speeches he's given, six in particular may define his legacy as, in historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's words, "one of the best writers and orators in the presidency." Interviews with eminent historians and key figures in his writing process give rare insights into these iconic speeches, as well as the Obama presidency and the man himself.

Casts of The Obama Years: The Power of Words

Jesse Williams

as Self - Narrator (voice)

David Axelrod

as Self - Senior Advisor to President Obama

Douglas Brinkley

as Self - Presidential Historian

Jon Favreau

as Self - Speechwriter for President Obama

Doris Kearns Goodwin

as Self - Historian

Valerie Jarrett

as Self - Senior Advisor to President Obama

Clark Judge

as Self - Speechwriter for Ronald Reagan

Cody Keenan

as Self - Former White House Director of Speechwriting

John Lewis

as Self - Congressman and Civil Rights Advocate

Harry Rubenstein

as Self - Curator of Political History for the Smithsonian

Barack Obama

as Self (archive footage)

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