Biography: Barack Obama
Biography follows Obama through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and through his political career in Chicago, where he rose to fame through a focus on ethics and political reform. The program also goes behind the scenes of his presidential campaign.
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60-minute runtime; two-year copyright clearance.
Oct 30 at 7:00AM ET/PT
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