If there is a presidential election on the horizon, it means its documentary time. There are many pertaining to the last four years of the current inhabitant of the White House. An era that is captured in Liz Garbus’ “All In: The Fight For Democracy” which tackles modern-day voter suppression, currently available on Prime Video, or “Agents of Chaos,” a doc series on HBO centered on Russian interference in the 2016 election. And then, there is Dawn Porter’s “The Way I See It.”
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In theaters tomorrow, Porter’s film is based on the bestselling book of the same name which chronicles photographer Pete Souza‘s time as the Chief Official White House photographer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Two men who couldn’t have been on further sides of the political spectrum, but whose presidencies were chronicled for history by Souza. After Trump came into office, Souza found himself using his photos of Obama’s terms in office to contrast the stark differences between the two men.
In this exclusive clip, Souza discusses his time in the Obama presidency and why it was important to pull back the curtain and show him as a “human being” and why that’s such an important part of the job. You can watch the clip embedded in this post.
“The Way I See It” is in theaters on Friday. It will also air on MSNBC on Oct. 16 at 10 PM ET, 7 PM PT.
