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Amy Rice

23.08.2010 | by Marisa Katz

Two years before Barack Obama announced his candidacy for US President, NY-based filmmaker Amy Rice had the idea to begin filming the career of what was then just a junior senator from Illinois. In the lead up to the general election, Amy and her co-director, Alicia Sams, were granted unprecedented access to the inner-workings of the campaign that landed Obama the presidency in 2008.

The nearly three years on the road culminated in a feature documentary film, called By the People: The Election of Barack Obama. The film screened in both movie theatres and on HBO in 2009. By the People, which was produced by actor Edward Norton’s Class 5 films, was nominated for three Emmys including best director, non-fiction special and editing. On Saturday August 21, the film won an award for best editing.

I interviewed Amy on Art International Radio just days before she attended the Emmys. Listen to the show HERE.

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