60' | History/People | HD

GBR 2020

Parade Media

The story of the former First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA has just begun. The Obamas remained quite busy with their new activist life which includes their problem-oriented production company, Higher Ground, which won an Oscar for best documentary in 2020. Ms. Obama's autobiography, Becoming, has become best selling memory of all time and even won a Grammy after the publication of his book.

The documentary traces the life of the ex-First Lady through her words, her story, an intimate and memorable portrait that inspired the world.

When she was just a little girl, for Michelle Robinson the whole world was enclosed in Chicago's South Side. It was here that her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, taught her to speak frankly and not to be afraid. But soon life took her very far, from the classrooms of Princeton, where she learned for the first time what it feels like to be the only black woman in a room, to the skyscraper where she worked as a powerful lawyer. business and where, on the morning of a summer day, a law student named Barack Obama entered his office, upsetting all plans. For the first time, Michelle Obama describes the beginnings of marriage, the difficulties in finding a balance between her career, family and her husband's rapid political rise. He confides in us their discussions on the opportunity to run for the presidency of the United States, and tells of the popularity experienced - and the criticisms received - during the election campaign. With grace, a sense of humor and uncommon sincerity, Michelle Obama offers us the vivid behind the scenes of a family that suddenly jumped into the spotlight around the world and the decisive eight years spent in the White House, during which she she got to know her country better, and her country got to know her better. It reveals the soul of a unique and revolutionary woman who struggles to live with authenticity, capable of putting her strength and her voice at the service of high ideals.