By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Directed byAmy Rice
Alicia Sams [ktn]
Produced byBristol Baughan
Deric Margolis
D.J. Martin
Audrey Rosenberg
Benjamin Goldhirsh
Dan O'Meara
Chris Romano
Edward Norton
Stuart Blumberg
William Migliore
Elissa Brown
Amy Rice
Alicia Sams
StarringBarack Obama, various
Edited bySam Pollard
Geeta Gandbhir
Arielle Amsalem
Music byCraig Wedren
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • August 7, 2009 (2009-08-07)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a 2009 documentary film 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 4, 2008.

Proceeds from the sale of the soundtrack of this film went to United Way and Enterprise Community Partners. Both organizations will put the funds toward rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast region.


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