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The Final Year (2017)

The Final Year poster
Directed by
Greg Barker
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
K-12
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The film follows key members of Barack Obama's foreign policy team during his last year in office. It shows them working on diplomatic efforts and then shifting to protecting their work from the incoming administration.

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What happens

The Final Year is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Greg Barker. The film is a chronicle of the Barack Obama administration's foreign policy team and the events of Obama's final year in office. While President Obama features at certain points, the documentary crew mainly followed the activities of Secretary of State John Kerry, UN Ambassador Samantha Power, National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes. Although the documentary does not feature Donald Trump, the emphasis among the main players switches as the final year progresses from enacting a foreign policy legacy to taking measures to protect that legacy from being dismantled by the incoming administration. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was given a limited release on January 19, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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