{"id":11600,"date":"2012-07-10T15:09:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T19:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=11600"},"modified":"2012-07-10T15:25:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T19:25:43","slug":"the-blaze-obamas-brother-turns-on-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2012\/07\/the-blaze-obamas-brother-turns-on-him","title":{"rendered":"The Blaze: Obama’s brother turns on him"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Assistant Editor of The Blaze,<\/strong><\/a> Billy Hallowell, reports that all may not be well within the Obama family. <\/em><\/p>\n

President Barack Obama may be less-than-content over reports that his half-brother, George Obama, appears in \u201c2016: Obama\u2019s America<\/a>,\u201d a documentary that is highly critical of the president. But now that footage from the film has leaked, the frustration level at the White House \u2014 and within the Obama family \u2014 could be slated to rise exponentially.<\/p>\n

\"Obamas<\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>secured exclusive footage<\/a> of the film, which is based on King\u2019s College president and writer\u00a0Dinesh D\u2019Souza\u2019s controversial book\u00a0The Roots of Obama\u2019s Rage.\u00a0<\/em>D\u2019Souza apparently tracked George down to discuss a variety of subjects, including past media reports that he is impoverished and lives in a hut in Naironi, Kenya \u2014 a surprising fact considering that his half-brother is the leader of the free world.<\/p>\n

In the clip, D\u2018Souza asks why George lives in poverty despite his brother\u2019s\u00a0prominence. He tells the president\u2019s brother that past news reports have exposed that Obama has done little to help his brother. George quickly responds, saying, \u201cI think he has a family of his own. I\u2019m a member of his family, but I\u2019m over-age, so I help myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

But D\u2018Souza isn\u2019t satisfied with that answer and he decides to push the issue further.<\/p>\n

\"Obamas<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re his brother. Has he been your keeper?,\u201d D\u2019Souza asks and George responds, \u201cGo ask him\u201d and then\u00a0reiterates\u00a0that his brother has many other issues to contend with.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s got other issues to deal with,\u201d George responds. \u201cHe\u2019s taking care of the world, so he\u2019s taking care of me.”<\/p>\n

The Hollywood reporter continues<\/a>, providing more alleged details about the film and the\u00a0aforementioned\u00a0interview:<\/p>\n

The focus of the movie, though, is the alleged anger at colonialism that President Obama inherited from his (and George\u2019s) father.<\/p>\n

As D\u2019Souza puts it in the book: \u201cThis philandering, inebriated African socialist, who raged against the world for denying him the realization of his anti-colonial ambitions, is now setting the nation\u2019s agenda through the reincarnation of his dreams in his son.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u2019Souza, therefore, presses that theory with George Obama, and seems to get agreement from him, as the president\u2019s brother argues that Kenya has fallen behind since its independence.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Souza clearly enjoys getting to know George Obama and at one point during the interview (though not in the above clip), he jokes that America elected the wrong Obama to be its president.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The two also talked about George\u2019s book<\/a>, Homeland, which was released in 2010. \u201c2016\u201d was produced by Gerald Molen, who has an impressive Hollywood resume, including \u201cSchindler\u2019s List,\u201c \u201dJurassic Park\u201c and \u201dRain Man,\u201d among other films. The documentary opens<\/a> in Houston on July 13.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Below, watch a trailer for the film:\u00a0<\/p>\n