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Becoming

2020 • 58min • Documentary

64%

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Michelle Obama -- wife, mom, daughter, political activist, and former first lady -- has everyone's attention in BECOMING. Using the book tour Obama launched when her 2018 memoir was published as a framing device, director Nadia Hallgren takes every opportunity to give her audience an in-depth portrait of a woman cherished by most and considered an outstanding role model for women everywhere. In addition to the behind-the-scenes book tour preparations, the on-camera interviews and Q&A sessions, and personal moments shared between camera and subject, the movie includes newsreel footage, interviews with some of Obama's closest friends and team members, and photographs and family commentary. Emphasis is given to Obama's African American identity and what that means to her community. Barack Obama appears in the film, but always at her side, portrayed as an equal partner in their relationship.