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A film festival is about more than just the films and the festival center. It is about the location, the journey, the experience. Here on Deadline we'll be bringing you updates on what it's like to be on the ground at the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia's first ever film festival.  I'm more…

#blackAF creator Kenya Barris is making the move from fictionalized documentary to a real documentary on high-profile attorney Ben Crump. In the works for the past several pivotal months, the as-yet untitled film on the lawyer is set to stream on Netflix next year. Well known to cable news viewers and more than a few…

Two of the documentaries to earn the most Emmy nominations this year come from Netflix and Higher Ground Productions, the production company established by former President Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama. The Oscar-winning American Factory claimed three nominations; Becoming did one better, claiming four, including…

If Michelle Obama wasn’t so adamant that she isn’t running for public office, the perfectly timed new Netflix documentary Becoming would sure seem like a campaign launch. Dropping on May 6 on the streamer, the recently announced very authorized biopic of sorts could also be Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s worst nightmare…

Netflix on Monday released the trailer for Becoming, the documentary feature about former First Lady Michelle Obama’s life, revolving around her 34-city book tour for her bestselling memoir of the same name. The docu, directed by Nadia Hallgren, marks the the latest film from Higher Ground, the production company…

Netflix has set its latest documentary project from Barack and Michelle Obama – a film about the former First Lady on nationwide memoir tour. Becoming, which is directed by Nadia Hallgren, will take viewers behind the scenes as Michelle Obama travelled to 34 cities on the tour for her book. It will be released on May…

Disney+ has ordered 10 episodes of Becoming, a docuseries which focuses on the upbringing of world-class entertainers, musicians and athletes, from LeBron James and his Springhill Entertainment, ESPN Films, Spoke Studios and ITV America. Becoming, originally created for Disney XD by ESPN Films, was spawned from the Bec…

Former President Barack Obama has released his annual year-end list of favorites films, books, and music, a tradition he started while in the office. Among the favorite movies of 2018, Obama listed award faviorites and Oscar Best Picture hopefuls Black Panther, Roma, and Eighth Grade. Foreign films such as the Lee…

Suddenly, Donald Trump’s newfound interest in books is beginning to make sense: One day after the president tweeted five plugs for books written by right-wing supporters and Fox News pals like Gregg Jarrett and Jeanine Pirro, Penguin Random House has announced that Michelle Obama’s Becoming is officially the…

Michelle Obama can now add best-selling author to her resume. The former First Lady’s memoir “Becoming” sold more than 1.4 million print and digital copies in the United States and Canada since it hit the shelves on November 13. “Becoming” had one of 2018’s biggest debuts, according to the Associated Press. Crown…

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! has landed Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s first late-night stop in promotion of her new book, Becoming. Kimmel gets first chance to get the late-night TV take on Obama’s book remark about not forgiving President Donald Trump for having put her family in danger with his birther movement…

Former First Lady Michelle Obama gave her Instagram followers today a first look at the cover of her upcoming memoir Becoming. The captivating portrait, shot by celebrity portrait photographer Miller Mobley, shows a smiling Obama in a white off-the-shoulder blouse, her face cupped in her right hand. (See it…