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Release Date:
January 1, 2013
Original Title:
Being Barack Obama's Brother
Alternate Titles:
Being Barack Obama's brother: George Obama in the slums
Being Barack Obama’s Brother: George Obama
Siblings: George Obama, brother to Barack
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
VPRO
Production Countries:
Netherlands
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 44
This special examines George Obama, brother to 44th President of the United States, Brack Obama. Barack Obama Sr., married four times before he died and to this day, not all of his children have met one another. The seven surviving children are scattered across the globe, from Kenya to China to the White House. George is the youngest of them, he was born in Nairobi, Kenya into an affluent middle-class family but now he lives in the slums of this gigantic city.
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