Barack and Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a slate of projects they are preparing for Netflix, a year after the former president and first lady signed a deal with the streaming platform.
The Obamas91裸聊视频� production company, Higher Ground Productions, on Tuesday announced a total of seven films and series that Barack Obama said will entertain but also 91裸聊视频渆ducate, connect and inspire us all.91裸聊视频�
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Higher Ground is producing a feature film on Frederick Douglass, adapted from David W. Blight91裸聊视频檚 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography. Also in the works is a documentary series that adapts Michael Lewis91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淔ifth Risk: Undoing Democracy,91裸聊视频� the 91裸聊视频淢oneyball91裸聊视频� author91裸聊视频檚 2018 bestseller about government servants working under the political appointees of Donald Trump91裸聊视频檚 administration.
The production company91裸聊视频檚 first release will be Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert91裸聊视频檚 Sundance Film Festival documentary 91裸聊视频淎merican Factory,91裸聊视频� about a Chinese-owned factory in post-industrial Ohio. Netflix and Higher Ground also acquired Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淐rip Camp,91裸聊视频� a documentary about a summer camp for disabled teenager founded in upstate New York in the early 1970s.
The Obamas are also developing an upstairs-downstairs drama set in post-WWII New York titled 91裸聊视频淏loom,91裸聊视频� and an adaptation of The New York Times 91裸聊视频淥verlooked91裸聊视频� obituary column, about deaths unreported by the paper. A half-hour show for preschoolers titled 91裸聊视频淟isten to Your Vegetables & Eat Your Parents91裸聊视频� will instruct kids about food.
91裸聊视频淲e love this slate because it spans so many different interests and experiences, yet it91裸聊视频檚 all woven together with stories that are relevant to our daily lives,91裸聊视频� Michelle Obama said. 91裸聊视频淲e think there91裸聊视频檚 something here for everyone 91裸聊视频� moms and dads, curious kids, and anyone simply looking for an engaging, uplifting watch at the end of a busy day.91裸聊视频�
The projects are to be released over the next several years.
Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
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