The Obama Effect is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Charles S. Dutton and starring Dutton, Katt Williams and Vanessa Bell Calloway. Cast Charles S. Dutton as John Thomas Katt Williams as MLK Vanessa Bell Calloway as Molly Thomas Glynn Turman as Slim Sugar Meagan Good as Tamika Jones John Diehl as Steve Warren Zab Judah as Jamel Thomas CJ Mac as Joshua Reggie Brown as Barack Obama References External links American comedy-drama films 2012 comedy-drama films 2012 films Films directed by Charles S. Dutton 2010s English-language films 2010s American films