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BARACK OBAMA TALKS TO DAVID OLUSOGA 
BBC ONE, 2020

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​In a UK exclusive, former American president Barack Obama meets historian David Olusoga to discuss his long-awaited memoir A Promised Land, his reflections on the volatile racial divide in the US, his steadfast refusal to abandon American ideals, and how the sight of a black president and black first family in the White House may have cast a spotlight on the depth of racial fault lines in America.

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Director: David Shulman

Executive Producer: Tanya Hudson

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