Barack Obama

Barack Obama tells the story of his life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother, searching for a workable meaning to his life as an African American.

On January 8, 2011 a gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a Tucson, Arizona supermarket, where U. S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding an opening meeting with her constituents. Nineteen people were wounded, and six people died. Four days later, at a memorial service at the McKale Memorial Center at the University of Arizona, President Obama gave a speech that remembered those who had died, gave thanks to the heroes of that day, and...

More than 40 speeches - considered among the greatest of all time - comprise this marvelous collection. All the works are unabridged, and the most contemporary are live recordings, from political figures such as Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy to Civil Rights activists Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X - from sports figures Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to cultural events including King Edward VIII's abdication speech...

Before being elected the 44th President of the United States and before his life in politics, Barack Obama was a young man destined to make history. Featuring his early life, community organizing, and an emerging dream of equality.

The 1985 Chicago Bears were dominant on the field and colorful off of it. Featuring interviews with Bill Murray, Mike Ditka, Jeremy Piven, Mike Singletary and more, '85 chronicles how the best team ever shuffled off with the championship.

This intimate doc tracks the life of a young boy growing up in Hawaii who would go on to make history by winning the 2008 Presidential election.

"Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material"--

An audio-only collection published in partnership with CBS News's 60 Minutes. Barack Obama: The 60 Minutes Interviews offers an unprecedented glimpse into the Obama presidency, through a series of extended interviews presented with new commentary by award-winning 60 Minutes veteran Steve Kroft. Kroft conducted more one-on-one television interviews with Barack Obama than any other journalist, from a January 2007 conversation on the eve of his unlikely...

This hybrid fiction-documentary engaged the services of two actual legal teams to create a rigorous, legally based fictional-yet unscripted-trial that never happened for one of the nation's most disturbing tragedies.

One of America's proudest achievements, our national infrastructure, is now its most dangerous embarrassment. Our bridges, dams, levees and highways are crumbling, toppling, being washed away, and putting American citizens and cities at risk. How could the most powerful nation on the planet let this happen? Narrated by Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss and featuring interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, noted scientists, whistleblowers...