Barack Obama: The Hope (Final Edit)

In the interest of disclosure, I will say that in the Dem primaries yours truly voted for Hillary Clinton. So naturally, when Obama won the nomination, I decided to support him.

I have never, ever donated money to any political campaign, but I did this time around.

Obama got his start in the streets of Chicago (my home town), said no to a high paying corporate job and decided to work helping the needy in the Windy City streets, got elected as an Illinois state representative, got elected to the US senate, and beat the Clintons at their own game. For the reasons mentioned above and many others, he's got my vote on 11/4/08.

And before you get into an intellectual argument of the contents of the video, please know that I did it as a juxtaposition of social and political history which seem to be reaching at tipping point in this election and not because I have blind faith in Obama. After all, he is human, and will commit mistakes like every single politician thats ever lived. I just hope he owns up to them.

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Credits

Sen. Barack Obama photographs by Callie Shell

Statue of Liberty photograph by CMOS 1138″

American flag photographs by Nelson Lauren

Hope & Progress posters by Shepard Fairey

Iraq War — Eyes Wide Open photograph by Hayden

Where the Streets Have No Name (Ambient Edit)
performed by Keith Phillips. Written by U2.

I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.
delivered August 28 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

2008 DNC keynote speech by Barack Obama
delivered August 28, 2008, at the Invesco Field Stadium, Denver, Co.

Directed and edited by Nelson Lauren.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• barack
• obama
• hope
• progress

[LyVictor]

Wow. I found this video randomly and just wanted to state that I really like it. I got chills down my spine and a bit of goosebumps on my arms while watching it. Thanks for putting this together.

[unibibliothek]

Liked it...

[mazrio128]

Great video. Very well done.

[Kartier16]

this off the chian