Michelle Obama will star in a new documentary out next week which follows the former first lady’s global book tour for her smash-hit memoir, Netflix said Monday.
Becoming, out May 6, is the Obamas’ latest collaboration with the streaming giant after last year’s American Factory, which won the best documentary Oscar in February.
The movie “shares the stories of the amazing people I met after the release of my memoir,” tweeted Obama following the surprise announcement Monday.
The book of the same name by Obama—America’s first African American first lady and wife of the first black US president—became a publishing sensation upon its release in 2018, selling more than two million copies in North America in two weeks.
Obama toured 34 cities over several months to promote the book accompanied by cinematographer Nadia Hallgren, who makes her feature directorial debut with the “rare and up-close” documentary.
