2016: Obama's America

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2016: Obama's America

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2012

1h 27m

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Scholar and author Dinesh D'Souza delves into President Barack Obama's past for clues about America's possible future if Obama wins a second term.

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J. Hoberman

The New York Review of Books

03/07/2019

D'Souza is loath to give offense to what he seemingly regards as America's dominant culture. Indeed, one might just as easily interpret the entirety of 2016 as evidence of D'Souza over-compensation with regards to his feeling of post-colonial...

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

08/31/2012

The film is a sleepy dud, a polemic that, like D'Souza himself, is at once both outrageous and deeply boring.

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

08/31/2012

1.5/4

The movie seems destined to irritate the president's supporters while mobilizing his detractors, even as it is doomed to win precious few converts. It's a textbook example of preaching to the choir.

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Megan Basham

WORLD

06/19/2018

Segments dealing with the college-age Obama's political activities and his later involvement with domestic terrorists like Bill Ayers are... valid and illuminating territory for viewers who haven't heard these things before.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

07/04/2015

3/10

This is neither printing the facts nor printing the legend: it's printing the flop sweat.

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

12/17/2012

F

"2016: Obama's America" comes to seem like clownish alarmist speculation taking place in an echo chamber of talking heads.

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Max P

@anoncachecticheart Feb 24

D'Souza is a godsend, exposing truths hidden by the w*k* mob.

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Mary C.

@maryblanca Feb 6

A documentary worth watching, about an intelligent woman, a respectful woman, a very beautiful marriage, and a guide for almost everyone.

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Thomas H

@RT18866846 09/03/2024

The movie was all made up things by the producer known by the people as the Indian A$$. Don’t waste your time on a movie that was made for political motives only.

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Keaton W

06/29/2021

The man who divided a nation.

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02/26/2021

An honest look at the Obama administration

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10/14/2020

Great movie! Everyone should watch this movie!

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Synopsis

Scholar and author Dinesh D'Souza delves into President Barack Obama's past for clues about America's possible future if Obama wins a second term.

Director: Dinesh D'Souza, John Sullivan
Producer: Ann Balog, Doug Sain
Screenwriter: Dinesh D'Souza, John Sullivan
Distributor: Rocky Mountain Pictures
Rating: PG (Brief Language|Thematic Elements|Smoking Images)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 31, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.3M
Runtime: 1h 27m