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Barack Obama galvanized the imaginations of the American people and the world at large with compassion, vision and charisma. He motivated an awakened, no-longer-ambivalent youth and the disenfranchised to turn out in record, status quo-rejecting numbers at the voting polls, becoming the proud, odds-defying first African American President of the United States. The fascinating documentary Becoming Barack: Evolution of a Leader cuts to the core of the cool, revealing the family foundation, steadfast principles and path of selfless honor that led a biracial boy from the last state admitted into the union to attain the first seat of power in his country s cabinet. Key to telling this story is a never-before-seen video interview from October of 1993 - a time when 32 year-old Harvard Law graduate Obama was in his second year of teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago, purposefully building a track record of public service as a community organizer. From there, he consistently began expanding his laser-like focus to the needs and rights of all, the first step of which was three terms in the Illinois Senate. In this stirring documentary, we see firsthand the roots of a revolution...how this man learned to analyze and strategize his way to his idealistic global goals via The Audacity of Hope. Young Obama is colorfully brought to life through a score of insightful interviews profound, poignant and sometimes humorous - with people who were among the first to see and shape his undeniable light. The musical score for Becoming Barack is a simultaneously contemporary yet bedrock collection of songs that reflect the shining spirit of America - the gospel-rooted sounds of faith ( I Had a Dream which draws the awesome parallel between Obama and his clearest role model Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) , the gritty urban reality of rap ( We Don t Belong Here ), the ringing sonic salvo of classic soul via three timeless selections from the pen of the peerless Curtis Mayfield (the civil rights era anthems We re a Winner, This is My Country and Choice of Colors ) and the Inauguration Day balm of healing ( Coming Together ). From a viscerally fortifying dance floor rallying cry for action ( Let s Talk About It ) and a brotherly call for unity ( Can t We Get Along ) to a finale that shrewdly encapsulates the history of African American struggle... ironically setting it to the snare drum cadences of our country in its brave, idealistic infancy. As Time Marches On, we see the rise of visionary young man named Barack Obama whose altruistic mission is illuminated within the theme I ve Always Wanted To. Produced by Motown songwriting veteran Michael B. Sutton and featuring a rainbow of exciting new artists from his Little Dizzy Records company, the music of Becoming Barack: Evolution of a Leader is the heartbeat of a new day - star-spangled with the strength, the optimism and the unification of a mighty generation...and its fearless black captain.