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Documentary · 2009 · 1h

Becoming Barack.

Documentary

A revealing portrait of Barack Obama's formative years in Chicago, featuring the oldest videotape interview Obama, from 1993.

Director: Robert Yuhas

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🇺🇸United States of America

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English

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Budget: $300

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🇺🇸Estados UnidosDec 26, 2009

Available in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)

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Free

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IMDb

4.1 /10

73 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

0.0 /10

0 votes

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Letterboxd didn't respond

Weighted average

2.3/10

IMDb4.1
TMDB0.0