Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/becoming/ Our Thing Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:05:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/becoming/ 144 144 Meet Nadia Hallgren, the Nuyorican Filmmaker Behind Netflix’s Michelle Obama Documentary https://remezcla.com/features/film/interview-becoming-nadia-hallgreen-michelle-obama-doc/ Tue, 19 May 2020 17:05:32 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=280528 How do you prepare to meet Michelle Obama? If you are Nadia Hallgren, you prepare like you’ve never prepared before. The Bronx-born filmmaker had been approached by Michelle Obama’s team to possibly come on board and document the first lady’s Becoming book tour. The details were still hazy. At that point, Hallgren was told the

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]]> Nadia Hallgren Becoming Photo credit: Jamie-James Medina. Courtesy of Netflix. Meet Elizabeth Cervantes, the Remarkable Student Featured in Michelle Obama’s New Documentary https://remezcla.com/culture/meet-elizabeth-cervantes-remarkable-student-featured-michelle-obamas-new-documentary/ Fri, 08 May 2020 15:31:24 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=280056 This week, Netflix premiered Michelle Obama’s documentary Becoming, based on her best-selling, record-breaking memoir from 2018. In addition to chronicling the former First Lady’s life and exceptional career, the film follows her back home to her Chicago alma mater, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, where she meets with a group of girls to discuss

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