Obama the great: Smithsonian cues up glowing documentary

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He’s been retired for less than two weeks, but the Smithsonian Institution and its TV channel are already enhancing his legacy and have already finished and readied for airing a complimentary documentary on former President Obama.


Calling him a gifted speaker and “writer in chief,” the film “The Obama Years: The Power of Words” suggests that Obama’s speeches “tell us more about our hopes, dreams, aspirations and dark realities than any other document to represent that era,” said Smithsonian.

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