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Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Sets 6 Projects at Netflix Chris Jackson/Getty Images The slate includes Riz Ahmed starrer 'Exit West,' a YA series centered on a Native girl and a feature film about mountaineer Tenzing Norgay. Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions has unveiled a new slate of projects at Netflix, with subjects ranging from one of the first men to reach the summit of Mt. Everest to a YA thriller centered on a Native American girl. The company also formally announced it's developing Exit West, a feature starring Riz Ahmed and based on Mohsin Hamid's ac...

Here are the details: Through her banner Available Light Productions, Kanter will develop and produce films and series for Netflix, working across animation and live action. Kanter was most recently vp of content and creative strategy at Disney Channels Worldwide, a role she’d held since 2017. She was overseeing the channels’ content strategy for children aged 2–14. Joining Disney in 2001, Kanter started out as vp of original programming for what was then Playhouse Disney, a programming block for preschoolers. She oversaw its rebranding as Disney Junior, which launched in 2011, with an ...

Netflix has announced three new projects with antiracist indoctrinator Ibram X. Kendi, intended for a variety of age groups. "Stamped From the Beginning" will be a cross between a documentary and a scripted feature film, while "Stamped: Racism,...

© Getty Images / Simone Padovani/Awakening American author and historian Ibram X Kendi attends a photocall during Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 on August 10, 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland Netflix has announced three new projects with antiracist indoctrinator Ibram X. Kendi, intended for a variety of age groups. "Stamped From the Beginning" will be a cross between a documentary and a scripted feature film, while "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You" will be similarly produced but for teens and young adult readers. "Antiracist Baby," currently a board book, will be reimagined as ani...

The Hollywood Reporter recently noted plans for a “hybrid documentary/scripted” for “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism,” while “Stamped from the Beginning” will be a documentary for a young adult audience. “I’m elated these projects landed at Netflix,” Mr. Kendi said in a statement. “What a wonderful partner. I’m elated to work with Roger Ross Williams, Mara Brock Akil and Chris Nee. They are such ambitious, innovative and passionate creators who are committed to racial justice. But I’m really elated for the viewers, for the adults and children who will be captivated, inform...