Bronx Obama
Everyone recognizes Louis. People ask for his autograph and want their pictures taken with him. He stars in foreign films and hip-hop videos. As an actor, he usually works on a political show alongside Bill Clinton and Mitt Romney. Louis is from Puerto Rico, an American citizen, who makes his living as a Barack Obama impersonator. In Ryan Murdock’s film, the charismatic Louis Ortiz attempts to make his American Dream come true. He has mastered impersonating the 44th President to a tee. Unfortunately, you can enjoy his skills only on a conservative satire show that is even racist at times. Louis’ agent treats his star like any other product that will deliver a profit. Bronx Obama is a documentary portrait of an unusual man dependent on the popularity of a leader who does not even know he exists.
awards
AFI Docs 2014 - The Grand Prize
Ryan Murdock
He is a filmmaker and creative director of Saving Daylight Productions as well as a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective. He holds a B.S. in Radio/TV/Film from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Entrepreneurship Program. He has worked on projects for the BBC, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, MSNBC. His directorial debut, the animated Power Surge, received the Flicker Film Festival 2004 Award for Best Animation. Bronx Obama is his feature-length documentary debut.
Filmography
2004 Power Surge (anim.)
2014 Obama z Bronxu / Bronx Obama (doc.)
