![]() “My closest friends had no idea what I was doing,” Hallgren says. Keeping “Becoming” clandestine still wasn’t easy, though. “I think if people saw me, it probably looked very unofficial,” chuckles Hallgren. Much of “Becoming” takes place either in arenas crowded with cameras or in private settings - the back seat of an SUV, the childhood home of Obama - so few would have spotted her. Hallgren typically worked with small crews or just by herself. The movie, itself, was a secret until last week when Netflix announced is upcoming premiere. ![]() With “Becoming,” one half of Higher Ground now steps in front of the camera, too. ![]() It’s been an auspicious, award-winning beginning for Higher Ground, the most ambitious post-White House dive into Hollywood of any former U.S. ![]() It’s produced by Higher Ground Productions, the film company founded by the Obamas.īefore now, Higher Ground has backed well-received, socially-minded documentaries about American labor (the Oscar-winning “American Factory” ) and the disability rights movement (the acclaimed Sundance-winner “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” ). “Becoming,” which debuts Wednesday on Netflix, is an extension of her 2018 best-selling memoir of the same name and a kind of authorized filmic portrait of Obama.
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