The Speech

November 4th 2008 Presidentelect Barack Obama addresses an enthusiastic gathering in Chicagos Grant Park With the three words Yes we can Barack Obama sums up the Americas optimism and its capacity for change The documentary The Speech sets out to take this historic speech at its word It seeks a dialogue about words and their effect while also assessing a whole era It takes us back to the beginning of Obamas presidency to the energy of his words to the hopes and achievements that this speech was targeting