Since forming production label Higher Ground in 2018, Barack and Michelle Obama have brandished a golden touch when it comes to documentaries, having backed last year’s Oscar winner American Factory and this year’s shortlisted contender Crip Camp.
But a pair of recent moves by the company raised eyebrows around town. On Feb. 17, Higher Ground and Netflix acquired the 9/11 drama Worth, a film that debuted at Sundance 2020.
And on March 4, the former president and first lady teamed with Netflix to release the Kevin Hart comedy Fatherhood, a project whose theatrical plans with Sony were scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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