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    Review: HBO's new documentary goes places the Obama media machine might not have

    by Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times Aug 04, 2021 4 minutes

    There’s no shortage of films and TV series covering Barack and Michelle Obama’s lives and legacy, from Netflix’s “Becoming,” — a documentary portrait of the former first lady released by the pair’s own production company, Higher Ground — to the scripted romance “Southside With You” and the “Frontline” political biography of the 44th president, “Dreams of Obama.” So when HBO announced its three-part series “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union,” it was hard to imagine what new material or insights, if any, it had to offer.

    And at the outset, the first installment, which premiered Tuesday, is deceptive. It feels like another ode to a beloved president and a favored subject

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