As the US president prepares to leave office on 20 January, Netflix has delved into his past for a biopic based around his life as a student at Columbia University. The Australian actor Devon Terrell plays the 20-year-old Obama in the film, which is directed by Vice on HBO host and documentarian Vikram Gandhi. Barry depicts Obama navigating questions of race and identity in America in the early 1980s.

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