Obama's mother to be subject of documentary film
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama often is greeted like a movie star, but it's his mother who will be the subject of an upcoming documentary.
"Stanley Ann Dunham: A Most Generous Spirit" would go into production next year, with an expected 2011 release, executive producer Mary Aloe says. It's unknown yet whether it would air on television or appear in theaters.
Aloe said today she believes the president knows about the project, and the filmmakers are trying to secure an interview with him.
Stanley Ann Dunham, who went by Ann, met Obama's father when both were students at the University of Hawaii-Manoa.
The movie will focus on Dunham for her role as the president's mother, raising him in Hawaii and Indonesia. But it will also be about her work with micro-finance, helping women in Third World countries.
Ann Dunham died of cancer in 1995 at age 52.