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volstork

(5,400 posts)
Sun Feb 9, 2020, 10:30 PM Feb 2020

Barack and Michelle Obama's production company documentary wins Oscar

Source: ABC

“American Factory” has won of the documentary film Academy Award.

It is the first feature backed by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, but the former president and first lady are not technically Oscar winners.

The film focuses on the efforts of a Chinese company to repurpose a shuttered General Motors plant in Ohio, and the cultural tensions that arise.

Read more: https://www.wthr.com/article/barack-and-michelle-obamas-production-company-documentary-wins-oscar

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Barack and Michelle Obama's production company documentary wins Oscar (Original Post) volstork Feb 2020 OP
It's a pretty impactful doc. Kablooie Feb 2020 #1
I hope the twittler has a stroke nt doc03 Feb 2020 #2
Me too. One can only hope. nt Phoenix61 Feb 2020 #5
Great documentary mcar Feb 2020 #3
Has the tweet storm started? dflprincess Feb 2020 #4
Ooh, Trump is gonna issue an executive order banning the Oscars. tclambert Feb 2020 #6
Loving this!!! C Moon Feb 2020 #7
Where is the photo of Barack and Michelle accepting the Oscar? Submariner Feb 2020 #8
They own the production company, volstork Feb 2020 #9
Did you read the OP? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #10
Sure did read it Submariner Feb 2020 #12
Congrats to the Obama's production company BumRushDaShow Feb 2020 #11

Submariner

(12,503 posts)
8. Where is the photo of Barack and Michelle accepting the Oscar?
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 09:40 AM
Feb 2020

It is mandatory that photo be tweeted to the shitbag. It could be just the stroke-inducing jolt needed to dislodge a chunk of KFC plaque to flatline his peanut brain and flatten the mf’er.

Submariner

(12,503 posts)
12. Sure did read it
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 11:50 AM
Feb 2020

that doesn't stop the Obama's from borrowing their Oscar from the production company for a photo to stick a finger in Trump's eye.

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