Barack and Michelle Obama announce details of the series

Netflix: Barack and Michelle Obama announce details of the series

Barack and Michelle Obama unveiled their first batch of projects under development with Netflix.

The seven titles of the production company Obamas Higher Grounds Production deal with social and political activism.

It includes a film about Frederick Douglbad, an abolitionist from the early days of slavery, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning David W. Blight's biography.

The former US president said he hoped to do more than just "entertain."

He said that the productions will "educate, create links and inspire us all", "addressing issues of race and clbad, democracy and civil rights and much more".

Mr. Obama and the former first lady signed an agreement with the streaming service last year.

Chris Daly, professor of journalism at Boston University and author of Covering America: A Narrative Story of National Journalism, said the Obama had made a "great cultural contribution" to their selections.

He considers that the inclusion of Blight's biography on Douglbad is particularly influential.

"Douglbad is a dominant figure of the nineteenth century: escaped slave, abolitionist, journalist, speaker, defender of women's rights, defender of the ideal of" All Rights for All ", he said.

"As the most photographed subject of his time, Douglbad was literally a model for a people out of subjugation and seeking the full measure of humanity."

Nicole Vbadell, director of animation and reporting at Pride, told BBC News: "Obama has always used their public platforms to educate and improve.

"As the first Black President and First Lady of the United States, their legacy is undoubtedly something they've thought about a lot, and this seems like a great step in keeping their messages alive."

The release dates of the titles have not yet been confirmed.

In January, the service announced that it had exceeded 140 million subscribers, which was part of the television landscape turned to on-demand viewing.
American Factory – The first film, a documentary by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, discusses the tensions around automation in Ohio. A Chinese billionaire opens a factory in a former General Motors factory and hires 2,000 people, but introduces controversial new working methods, called "clashes between high-tech China and working-clbad America"

– Crip Camp – a documentary on the origins of the disability rights movement

– Neglected obituaries – adaptation of the New York Times series on people whose deaths were not reported at the outset

– Listen to your vegetables and eat your parents – a half-hour food series designed for children

– The fifth risk: cancel democracy – series based on a book by Michael Lewis exploring the challenges facing American democracy, from cyber-hacking to false information

– Bloom – based in the post-second world war in New York, the drama will explore the "obstacles faced by women and people of color in an era marked by obstacles but also by considerable progress"

Source: BBC