American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

Picturing the Obamas

2022

Viewers learn from curators, journalists and art critics about the ways in which the Obamas’ portraits commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery disrupt traditional presidential portraiture and spur museums to reach new audiences. The paintings of the ex-commander in chief and first lady, by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, were revealed to much fanfare at the National Portrait Gallery in 2018. The portraits — which drew record attendance to the Washington art museum — have since traveled the country as part of a nationwide exhibition.

Fired Up, Ready to Go

2008

'Fired Up, Ready To Go' follows a number of hopeful and, above all, fanatical grassroots campaigners in New York who are committed to Obama's presidency. A documentary that does not look at Obama's closest associates, but rather at the people on the ground. People who sacrifice a lot to make Obama the first black president of the US.

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

2009 · ★ 6.8

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a documentary film produced by Edward Norton broadcast in November 2009 on HBO, which follows Barack Obama and various members of his campaign team, including David Axelrod, through the two years leading up to the United States presidential election on November 4th, 2008.

The Final Year

2018 · ★ 7

Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, The Final Year offers an uncompromising view of the inner workings of the Obama Administration as they prepare to leave power after eight years.

The Obama Years: The Power of Words

2017 · ★ 10

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.

Becoming

2020 · ★ 7.2

Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others.

Barry

2016 · ★ 5.7

A young Barack Obama forges his identity while dealing with race, divergent cultures and ordinary life as a New York City college student.

Blue Light

2019

The movie "Blaues Licht" (Blue Light) is the most extensive of the street art collective "Rocco and his Brothers" work to date.

Power of the Castles

A profile of the Great Western ‘Castles’. A comprehensive and authoritative account of the ‘Castles’, from their development in the 1920s through to their last days on the Western Region of British Railways.

Last Years of the Class 50s

This programme was made in 1992, and provides a record of the much loved Class 50s on their final workings from Waterloo and Paddington. Produced on Broadcast equipment, it includes many of the well known locations on the Southern’s main line to the West Country – Honiton Bank, Exeter Central, Yeovil, Salisbury and Basingstoke. It also includes the last specials worked by the Class 50s in 1992, including specials to Wales plus the final trains on timetabled workings.

Amber Latvian - 87

1987

Joyful, humorous and slightly ironic look on the daily life in Soviet Latvia in 1987.

Che, Today and Always

1983 · ★ 10

A sound system plays Commander Ernesto Guevara's speech, delivered on October 20, 1962, during the Second Anniversary of the Young Communist League, along with a series of archival images of the revolutionary leader visiting factories and meeting with workers.