Submarine ChannelEver wondered where Mr President finds the time to write all those hair-raising speeches? A new documentary by Kasper Verkaik (director of our Minimovie Dear Oprah fame) for Dutch broadcaster VPRO’s Backlight series, investigates the role of Jon Favreau, the baby-faced wordsmith hand-picked by Obama to translate the contents of his mind into mass-mobilizing prose. Set against the backdrop of the grassroots uprising that helped seal the deal on January 20th 2009, the documentary is a testament to a new post-baby boomer generation defined by optimism, hope and political activism.
