Film company shoots movie about Obama's early years

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(21 May 2010) 1. Young Barack Obama, played by actor Hasan Faruq Ali, running into house while his stepfather Lolo Soetoro, played by actor Eko Noah, washes motorcycle 2. Soetoro holding little Obama's face and looking at cut on his forehead 3. Cameraman shooting scene 4. Wide of script writer and co-director Damien Dematra watching monitor 5. Close up of Dematra watching monitor 6. Wide of little Obama getting out of car and running off followed by his mother, played by South African-born actress Cara Lachelle 7. Close up of scene board 8. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Damien Dematra, script writer and co-director: "The film Obama, the Menteng Kid, is a film that tells about the life of US President Barack Obama, who was called Barry during the period when he lived in Menteng." 9. Wide of little Obama with his childminder Turdi 10. Pull out of Obama getting on back of bicycle 11. Close up of Turdi talking to Obama 12. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Damien Dematra, script writer and co-director: "This film has two major themes. The first is about the power of dreams, that if we want to try and learn well, there will always be hope for us. The second is the issue of pluralism, (there are) so many issues of pluralism in this movie, where we can see that President Barack Obama lives in a multicultural environment." 13. Pan right of house where film is being shot 14. Pan of film crew preparing 15. Various of actors playing Obama and Turdi on bicycle waiting 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hasan Faruq Ali, actor playing young Barack Obama: "It feels really great. It feels like its a once in a life time opportunity to be able to play such an important character, especially one of the most powerful man in the world right now." 17. Cutaway of scene board 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hasan Faruq Ali, actor playing young Barack Obama: "I had some difficulties and finally I got through them, intense practice with some of the crew members that work with the players and after a while I just started to really enjoy it, really enjoying acting." 19. Wide of film crew ready to take shot 20. Pan right of Turdi and Obama leaving on bicycle STORYLINE: Filming has begun on a new Indonesian movie about the childhood of US President Barack Obama in Jakarta. The film, titled "Obama, The Menteng Kid," is being produced by Multivision Plus, Indonesia's largest production company. It will open in Indonesia on June 17, the week of Obama's anticipated visit to the country. The film tells the story of Obama's childhood in Jakarta, where he lived with his mother and Indonesian stepfather from age 6 to 10. Screenwriter and co-director Damien Dematra said the film is not intended to be political, but instead focuses on the story of a young boy's childhood. He said the film's main themes were the "power of dreams" and the "issue of pluralism", and that he wanted to show that the young Obama lived in a "multicultural environment." 12-year-old Hasan Faruq Ali was cast as "Little Obama" in the film, or "Barry" Obama as he was known at the time. Hasan, who was born in America in Questa, New Mexico, but has lived in Indonesia since he was about 2 years old, was an obvious casting choice to play the young Obama. He is fluent in English and the Indonesian language, and the son of a white mother and African American father. The movie is being filmed in a colonial-era house on the outskirts of Bandung, a city famed for its colonial architecture amid lush hilltops about 110 miles (180 kilometres) southeast of Jakarta. Directors John de Rantau and Dematra chose the city because it resembles Jakarta in the 1970s. Obama's old home in the Jakarta neighbourhood of Menteng is now surrounded by tall apartment blocks and is too urban. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ffc137f86620a2857c19a2d0f08c55a8 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork