Here's President Obama's long-awaited annual list of his recommended books, movies (including an Obamas' film), and TV shows....folks around the globe wait to see this list every year! Susan Rice's book Tough Love is indeed a must-read! The President has both a high IQ and a high EQ, so, he is not bound by one type of author, nor one thought, not victim to confirmation bias, etc...as we all know from previous years' lists. Plus, the Obamas launched their OWN production company in 2018 and their first production, American Factory, was acquired by Netflix out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary. The film is a portrait of post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant and hires two thousand blue-collar Americans.
Barack Obama
20 hrs ·12/28/19
Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing my annual list of favorites — books, films, and music — with all of you. This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too. Because while each of us has plenty that keeps us busy—work and family life, social and volunteer commitments—outlets like literature and art can enhance our day-to-day experiences. They’re the fabric that helps make up a life—the album that lifts us up after a long day, the dog-eared paperback we grab off the shelf to give to a friend, the movie that makes us think and feel in a new way, works that simply help us escape for a bit. To start, here are the books that made the last year a little brighter for me. Most of them came out in 2019, but a few were older ones that were new to me this year. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
• The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
• Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
• Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
• How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
• Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
• Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington
• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
• The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
• Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
• Solitary by Albert Woodfox
• The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
• Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
• Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
• We Live in Water: Stories by Jess Walter
For the sports fans:
• A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule by Jim Rooney
• The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala
And here’s a reminder of books that I recommended earlier this year:
• American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
• The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
• Exhalation by Ted Chiang
• Finding My Voice by Valerie Jarrett
• Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
• How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu
• Inland by Téa Obreht
• Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
• Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
• Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
• The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
• The Shadow of Sirius by W. S. Merwin
• The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
• Toni Morrison’s collected works
• Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For by Susan Rice
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
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Barack Obama
58 mins ·12/29/19
Next up are my favorite movies and TV shows of 2019. This year’s list includes everything from explorations of class dynamics and relationships, to an inspired reboot of a classic graphic novel, to a portal back to one of the most special places in history — an Aretha Franklin concert. Of course, there’s also American Factory, a film from our own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. It’s our first offering in partnership with Netflix, and I’m excited about the other projects we’ve got in the works. Here’s the full list:
• American Factory
• Amazing Grace
• Apollo 11
• Ash Is Purest White
• Atlantics
• Birds of Passage
• Booksmart
• Diane
• The Farewell
• Ford v Ferrari
• The Irishman
• Just Mercy
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Little Women
• Marriage Story
• Parasite
• The Souvenir
• Transit
And a quick list of TV shows that I considered as powerful as movies:
• Fleabag: Season 2
• Unbelievable
• Watchmen
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Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has announced its first slate, spanning scripted, unscripted and documentary series.
tbivision.com: Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, has announced its first slate, spanning scripted, unscripted and documentary series.
The projects are in different stages of development and are set to be released over the next few years, according to Netflix.
They include a biopic of anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass, an adaptation of Michael Lewis’ The Fifth Risk, family show Listen To Your Vegetables & Eat Your Parents, and disability rights feature doc Crip Camp.
Higher Ground was launched last year in 2018. “We created Higher Ground to harness the power of storytelling. That’s why we couldn’t be more excited about these projects,” President Obama said. “Touching on issues of race and class, democracy and civil rights, and much more, we believe each of these productions won’t just entertain, but will educate, connect, and inspire us all.”
“We love this slate because it spans so many different interests and experiences, yet it’s all woven together with stories that are relevant to our daily lives,” Mrs. Obama said. “We think there’s something here for everyone—moms and dads, curious kids, and anyone simply looking for an engaging, uplifting watch at the end of a busy day. We can’t wait to see these projects come to life — and the conversations they’ll generate.”
The slate was announced by Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis, co-heads of Higher Ground Productions.
The slate is as follows:
American Factory was acquired by Netflix in association with Higher Ground Productions out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary. The film is a portrait of post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant and hires two thousand blue-collar Americans. The producers are Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert, and Julie Parker Benello. It will be the first release from the Higher Ground slate.
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