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World Service,15 Nov 2016,26 mins

Searching for Tobias

The Documentary

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In 2008 Chloe Hadjimatheou was covering Barack Obama's first election campaign when she came across a 15-year-old black boy in a Mississippi trailer park. Back then the young Tobias was full of potential and had big dreams of becoming a policeman. Eight years later, Chloe goes in search of him to find what became of him. Did Tobias ever fulfil his wishes and has he prospered in Obama's America? (Photo: An image of Tobias next to an image of President Obama)

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