“So good it almost made me like Chicago Obama.”
- Stephen Colbert
- Stephen Colbert
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“An intricate and compelling documentary that deftly weaves together multiple narrative layers—the American Dream, surrealism, fatherhood, race relations, celebrity”
- VICE
“9 out of 10…An achievement in tone, finding the perfect balance between thought-provoking and entertaining film.”
- The Arts Guild
“4 out of 5…Hollywood itself couldn’t have crafted a more perfectly sad story and equally deserved triumph.”
- We Got This Covered
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Director: Ryan Murdock
Runtime: 91 minutes Rating: NR Production Year: 2014 Language: English DVDCat#: PRDVD2876 Public Performance Rights: Starting at $249 Organizations & Institutions please contact info@passionriver.com for a quote GENRE: Documentary, Politics, Government, Lifestyle
SYNOPSIS: When Louis Ortiz shaved off his goatee one day in 2008, his life changed forever. He looked in the mirror and he didn’t see himself – a middle-aged, unemployed Puerto Rican father from the Bronx. He saw the face of change, of hope… of money. Bronx Obama tells the strange and improbable tale of a Barack Obama impersonator who tries to cash in on the “look of a lifetime” and chases a fevered American dream from opportunity to oblivion. |