By Jessie Gambrell

Is the new film “2016: Obama’s America” in support of him or against him?

Writer and director Dinesh D’Souza, an Indian American political commentator, compares himself to U.S. President Barack Obama. Because they had many things in common, I presumed this was not just going to be a “my-word-against-yours” bashing sort of film.

D’Souza went to several countries that were featured in Obama’s autobiography, “Dreams From My Father,” which was also quoted throughout the movie. He interviewed many people who knew President Obama firsthand, as well as experts from a variety of fields. You may know that President Obama’s father, Barack Sr., was born and raised in Kenya, though he moved to Hawaii where he met his wife Ann.

In the film, D’Souza explained something that I had never known before, President Obama’s father, who was a very influential figure in his life, brought “anti-colonialism” with him.
I thought to myself, “what the heck is anti-colonialism?” I had never heard of this before. So I did a little bit of research and came to find that it means to be against the settlement of one nation within a dependent nation, usually to gain control over of their resources. Our country, which began with colonialism, is one of the greatest nations in the world.

With this being said I can only wonder why a president of the United States, would aspire to fulfill his father’s views in an already established, modern and progressive country?

The movie is very thought-provoking. This movie included aspects of world and American history and introduced new and different views. So please, don’t just take my word for it, go out and see this movie for yourself.

To learn more about the “2016: Obama’s Nation” movie visit: http://2016themovie.com/.