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"KENNEDY: Amy, you were aware of Obama very early. How did you first come across him? RICE: The day Obama was speaking [at the 2004 Democratic convention], my brother called and said, &amp;quot;Amy, you gotta listen to this guy, Barack Obama. He&amp;#x27;s the future of the Democratic party.&amp;quot; I said, &amp;quot;Andy, his name sounds like Osama!&amp;quot; And he was like, &amp;quot;Just watch!&amp;quot; I was blown away. I thought, This guy could be the first African American president, and then I thought, That could make a great documentary. I pitched it to Alicia, and she said, &amp;quot;Great idea. Don&amp;#x27;t tell anybody.&amp;quot; KENNEDY:How was it meeting him? RICE: We actually met with Obama&amp;#x27;s director of communications first, but the meeting was in [Obama&amp;#x27;s] office. When we left, Barack was sitting at his assistant&amp;#x27;s desk typing away, because we&amp;#x27;d been in his office so long. We apologized. He said, &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s OK. Don&amp;#x27;t worry!&amp;quot; KENNEDY: Did Obama change as he gained momentum and people like my uncle Teddy came in support of him? RICE: He was always the same person, but we saw him grow as a candidate.... He started connecting with crowds, he figured out his stump speech.... SAMS: He missed his family a lot--I don&amp;#x27;t think he realized how much he&amp;#x27;d be away. [People say] campaigning is a gauntlet. You&amp;#x27;d hear Obama say, &amp;quot;Oh my God, I must have shaken 300 hands.&amp;quot; KENNEDY: Do you think you were treated differently as women making this film? SAMS: There is very much a boys&amp;#x27; club on the campaign. But I still think [being women] helped us more than it hurt us. RICE: We&amp;#x27;re just smaller. The goal is to be as invisible as possible, and you can slip around with just one camera. KENNEDY: Did Obama have to win for your film to be successful? RICE: I don\u2019t think so. It was going to be a better ending if he did, but we knew we were onto something great. SAMS: You felt like you were part of something historic. RICE: You know, when we started shooting, Barack was not expected to win. All of the odds were against him. What I think is great is you see how he persevered. We hope people\u2014Democrat or Republican\u2014can be inspired and learn from that."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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