The History Channel is expanding its presidential footprint with the development of a new podcast with President Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground. Produced by Higher Ground Audio, Malcolm Gladwell’s Pushkin Industries, and Audible, the currently untitled eight-part podcast explores the history and legacy of America’s Reconstruction Era. From 1863 to 1873, America had the opportunity to […]
For a special documentary as part this year’s BBC 100 Women season, BBC Gender and Identity correspondent Megha Mohan and director Yousef Eldin visited Malawi, alongside three of the world’s most high-profile humanitarians, Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney, and Melinda French Gates, to meet the girls at risk from the global issue of child marriage, and […]
Audible, the creator and provider of audio storytelling, and Higher Ground have announced Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast releasing March 7th. This is the first Original project in the newly formed exclusive, worldwide, multi-project, multi-year first-look production deal between Audible and Higher Ground. Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast will be released weekly; each of the eight […]
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Participant’s feature documentary Descendant. Higher Ground, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, will present the film, alongside Netflix. Descendant follows members of Africatown, a small community in Alabama, as they share their personal stories and community history as descendants of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship […]
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are lifelong friends, and these two citizens of the world have now come together in the Renegades: Born in the USA podcast to talk about social issues. It’s all about friendship, democratic and social values, and treating one another fairly. As part of its “No Hate Speech” initiative, Deutsche Telekom […]
Higher Ground Productions, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, in partnership with Netflix, have announced a new slate of upcoming projects. The content encompasses a range of fiction, non-fiction and kids & family across both series and feature films. This announcement builds on their existing slate of projects which includes Academy Award winning […]
The 44th president of the US, Barack Obama, will be Oprah Winfrey’s guest on a new episode of The Oprah Conversation, premiering globally on Apple TV+ on November 17th. The episode, which coincides with the release of Obama’s book of memoirs A Promised Land, will be available to watch for free until December 1st. In […]