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Insane Films: Filmmaker/Radio Host Usama Alshaibi at the Obama Rally (VloMo08-8)

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I ran into Usama at the rally. Usama is an acclaimed filmmaker and his is also a radio host at the new Chicago Public Radio Station vocalo.org. He also used to work for Studs Terkel as his archivist and was even the subject of a chapter of one of Studs’ recent books.

Usama’s film Nice Bombs will be on The Sundance Channel later this month! Visit DanceHabibi for more info.

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Insane Films: The Precise Moment of Victory in Grant Park ( vlomo08 #5)

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This is what happened when Wolf Blitzer announced Obama as the winner in Grant park just feet away from where Obama would later speak.