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2016 film

Barry is a 2016 American drama film directed by Vikram Gandhi about Barack Obama's life at Columbia University in 1981.^[1] It stars Devon Terrell, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Mitchell, Ashley Judd, Jenna Elfman, Ellar Coltrane, Avi Nash, and Linus Roache.

It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.^[2] The film was released on Netflix on December 16, 2016.

Plot

In 1981, a 20-year-old Barack Obama, commonly known as Barry, arrives in New York City to attend Columbia University as a transfer student from Occidental College.

Unable to contact his expected roommate, Will, Barry spends the night in the streets.

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The next day, Barry succeeds in contacting Saleem, a man he met at a party a few months back, who welcomes him in his apartment. Later, Barry meets his roommate Will and they both begin to live in their off-campus apartment on 109th street.

As they are walking to class,