By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Directed by	Amy Rice Alicia Sams
Produced by	Bristol Baughan Deric Margolis D.J. Martin Audrey Rosenberg Benjamin Goldhirsh Dan O'Meara Chris Romano Edward Norton Stuart Blumberg William Migliore Elissa Brown Amy Rice Alicia Sams
Starring	Barack Obama, various
Edited by	Sam Pollard Geeta Gandbhir Arielle Amsalem
Music by	Craig Wedren
Distributed by	HBO
Release date	August 7, 2009 (2009-08-07)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a 2009 documentary film produced by Edward Norton broadcast in November 2009 on HBO, which follows Barack Obama and various members of his campaign team, including David Axelrod, through the two years leading up to the United States presidential election on November 4, 2008.

Proceeds from the sale of the soundtrack of this film went to United Way and Enterprise Community Partners. Both organizations will put the funds toward rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast region.

External links

• By the People: The Election of Barack Obama at IMDb
• New Documentary on Barack Obama’s Historic Presidential Run - video report by Democracy Now!

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