Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Production Company Sets Expansive First Slate of Projects | THR News - video Dailymotion

The seven projects, in various stages of development, include three features and four TV series.

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00:00We now know that Barack and Michelle Obama's Netflix-based production company,

00:03Higher Ground, has set an expansive first slate of projects.

00:06Included in the initial slate of seven projects are three features and four TV series,

00:11including one for preschoolers. President Obama said,

00:23The Obamas officially signed a multi-year exclusive producing deal with Netflix last May.

00:28The seven projects currently in various stages of development that are slated to be released

00:31over the next several years include the Sundance documentary American Factory,

00:36which takes a deep dive into post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory

00:40in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant and hires 2,000 blue-collar Americans.

00:45The drama Bloom, which is set in the world of fashion in post-World War II New York City

00:49and depicts barriers faced by women and by people of color.

00:52A feature film adaptation of the book Frederick Douglass' Prophet of Freedom,

00:56the scripted anthology TV series Overlooked, which is adapted from the New York Times'

01:00ongoing obituary column of the same name. The preschool TV series Listen to Your Vegetables

01:04and Eat Your Parents, a non-fiction series based on the book The Fifth Risk,

01:08Undoing Democracy, and the feature-length documentary film Crip Camp.

01:12Michelle Obama said,

01:13We think there's something here for everyone, moms and dads, curious kids,

01:17and anyone simply looking for an engaging, uplifting watch at the end of a busy day.

01:21We can't wait to see these projects come to life and the conversations they'll generate.

01:25For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:28Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.