Sunday, June 7, 2020

BARRY - The Barrack Obama Story




A 2016 American drama film directed by Vibram Gandhi about Barrack Obama's life at Columbia University in 1981.  It dealt with his struggles as a junior facing up to the demands of getting an education and leveling with the white-dominated society. It dramatized his hardships in staying connected with his mother, his estranged father, and classmates. 

It starred Devon Terrel as the young Barrack Obama, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Charlotte, his white college sweetheart. He studied Political Science, off-campus played street ball and once in a while smoked pot with friends. as a young Obama, confusion lurked as to where he really belong, black or white, and having a rich white girlfriend, made it more complicated

**  Quotes  :

        "  You take the baton from the one who has come before and carry it as far as you can
            before you pass it on. "
                                              - Quoted by a black scholar when asked by Barry how he was
                                                able to go through life despite the racism. 

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