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THE FINAL YEAR Q&A - BFI London Film Festival 2017
The final, momentous year of the Obama administration is documented with extraordinary intimacy by Greg Barker. The BFI's Tricia Tuttle was joined on-stage for a Q&A by director Greg Barker, producer John Battsek and one of the key figures of the Obama administration, Samantha Power at their 2017 BFI London film festival screening of The Final Year.
Barker gained unprecedented access to four central figures: Secretary of State John Kerry; Samantha Power, United States Ambassador to the United Nations; Ben Rhodes, Communications; Susan Rice, Deputy National Security Advisor and Barack Obama himself. With an election looming, The Final Year observes the administration's key players in foreign policy as they work to cement their gains in international relations, painstakingly negotiated over two terms. The urgency of their international work is juxtaposed against the turmoil of an election at home, which shifted from a foregone conclusion to the gradual realisation of just how different the incoming administration was likely to be.