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NEW YORK (AP) – Barack and Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a list of projects they are preparing for Netflix, a year after the signing by the former president and first woman of the streaming platform.
Higher Ground Productions, the production company of Obamas, announced Tuesday a total of seven films and series that, according to Barack Obama, will entertain but also "educate, connect and inspire all".
Higher Ground produces a feature film about Frederick Douglass, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of David W. Blight. A series of documentaries is also in preparation which adapts the best-seller of the author of "Moneyball", published in 2018 by Michael Lewis, entitled "The fifth risk: cancel democracy", about officials appointed to political positions by the government of Donald Trump.
The production company's first production will be Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's Sundance Film Festival's "American Factory" documentary about a post-industrial Chinese factory in Ohio. Netflix and Higher Ground also acquired Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham's Crip Camp, a documentary about a summer camp for disabled teenagers in upstate New York in the early 1970s.
The Obama is also preparing a top-down drama that will take place in New York after World War II and will be titled "Bloom," as well as an adaptation of the New York Times "Overlooked" obituary, on deaths not reported by the newspaper. A half-hour program for preschoolers called "Listen to your vegetables and eat your parents" will give kids food tips.
"We love this slate because it covers a lot of different interests and experiences, yet everything is woven with stories relevant to our daily lives," said Michelle Obama. "We think there is something for everyone – moms and fathers, curious kids and anyone who just wants an engaging and inspiring watch at the end of a busy day."
The projects will be published in the coming years.
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