High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewBarack Obama Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/barack-obama/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 ‘The Final Year’ Review: Obama Nostalgia https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/final-year-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/final-year-movie-review/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:00:39 +0000 Philip Brown https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=89477 Given the timing and subject matter, ‘The Final Year’ had the potential to be a historic documentary with unprecedented political access. While still an interesting movie, it’s a little too obviously vetted by all involved. The film has a performative rather than naturalistic vibe. Unfortunately, just like everyone in the doc kind of predicted, anything...

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