Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” is quickly becoming this season’s most anticipated streaming release. The documentary debuts worldwide on Netflix May 6 under the same name as the former First Lady’s best-selling memoir.
Details about the upcoming feature have been under wraps until now. The Obamas’ Higher Ground production company, which won the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award in 2020 for “American Factory,” brought Michelle’s story to Netflix.
According to a statement from Ms. Obama, the latest installment of “Becoming” will recount some of what was included in the book and picks up the story where the memoir’s promotional tour begins. “Those months I spent traveling — meeting and connecting with people in cities across the globe —