Lapha sinenqola yokuqala yomsebenzi omusha ka-Lee Daniels «UMphathi»Kudlala u-Forest Whitaker owine u-Oscar.
Forest Whitaker udlala u-Eugene Allen, osebenze e-White House iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu kumongameli abayisishiyagalombili, kusukela kuHarry Truman ngo-1952 kuya kuRonald Reagan ngo-1986.
Le filimu entsha kaLee Daniels izofaka, ngaphezu kukaForest Whitaker, izinkanyezi ezinkulu ezifana Robin Williams ngubani ozodlala indawo kaMongameli Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Cusack ngubani ozodlala uRichard Nixon, James Marsden ozoba nguJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy, Minka Kelly njengoJackie Kennedy, UMelissa Leo njengoMamie Eisenhower futhi Jane Fonda njengoNancy Reagan.
Futhi phakathi kwabalingisi siyathola -Oprah Winfrey, UDavid Oyelowo, uLiam Neeson, Alan Rickman, U-Aml Ameen o Liev Schreiber.
«UMphathi»Ingabe yifilimu yesine kaLee Daniels ogqame kakhulu ngefilimu yakhe yesibili«Precious»Ngo-2009, owaqokelwa ama-Oscars ayisithupha wawina amabili awo, nokwahlukanisa abagxeki ngefilimu yesithathu ethi«Umfana wephephandaba".
Manje nge "The Butler" Lee Daniels Ufuna ukubuyela kumabhayisikobho akhe aphambili futhi empeleni ifilimu selivele lizwakala njengomunye wabaphakanyisiwe bama-Oscars ka-2014.