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FRONTLINE; Dreams of Obama

12/17/2008

WGBH EDITED MASTER 1080i 59.94 GREEN LABEL

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Series

FRONTLINE

Program

Dreams of Obama

Program Number

2706HD001

Series Description

Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

On the night of Barack Obama's historic inauguration, FRONTLINE examines the rich personal and political biography of the 44th president of the United States. Through interviews with insiders and observers who've tracked Obama from his days at Harvard Law School, through his rise in Chicago politics, to his emergence onto the national scene after the 2004 Democratic National Convention, FRONTLINE pushes beyond the headlines chronicling Obama's meteoric rise.

Duration

00:56:46

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Public Affairs

News

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Dreams of Obama,” 12/17/2008, GBH Archives, accessed December 7, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_CA54D1F53E9044B6AA156170E4E748FE.

MLA: “FRONTLINE; Dreams of Obama.” 12/17/2008. GBH Archives. Web. December 7, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_CA54D1F53E9044B6AA156170E4E748FE>.

APA: FRONTLINE; Dreams of Obama. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_CA54D1F53E9044B6AA156170E4E748FE