The Final Year should have been the sort of documentary that practically creates itself, a brisk look at key players in the Obama administration as they complete their last year in the service of the president. Filmmaker Greg Barker seems to have been given almost total access to the inner circles of the White House as he filmed three of its major figures — Secretary of State John Kerry, UN Ambassador Samantha Power and Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes — at their homes, in their offices and on diplomatic business around the world (with occasional cameos by Obama himself).…
The Final Year should have been the sort of documentary that practically creates itself, a brisk look at key players in the Obama administration as they complete their last year in the service of the president. Filmmaker Greg Barker seems to have been given almost total access to the inner circles of the White House as he filmed three of its major figures — Secretary of State John Kerry, UN Ambassador Samantha Power and Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes — at their homes, in their offices and on diplomatic business around the world (with occasional cameos by Obama himself).…