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Malia Obama Really Nailed the Indie-Darling Thing at the Sundance Film Festival – Glamour
Malia Obama looked like a true auteur at the Sundance Film Festival, where she graced the red carpet for the premiere of her new short, The Heart. The 25-year-old daughter of former president Barack Obama dressed the part of an indie filmmaker for the screening in a gray coat, pinstriped button-down, black jeans, cherry-colored leather Chelsea boots, and a skinny gray scarf for a look that feels very indie sleaze. Thin impractical scarves do seem to be making a comeback for spring. And I'm really digging the way her Doc Martens match her burgundy dye job.
It's important to understand that Sundance is hosted in Park City, Utah, at peak ski season. In other words, it's cold. And it's a comparatively casual affair, intentionally striking a different chord from the old-school glamour of Cannes Film Festival.
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The Heart, which was screened in the US short fiction films category, follows a lonely man grieving the loss of his mother as he tries to honor an unusual request in her will, as Malia Obama put it in a promotional interview ahead of the festival.
The film is about lost objects and lonely people and forgiveness and regret, she explained in the clip, but I also think it works hard to uncover where tenderness and closeness can exist in those things.
Obama is both the writer and director of the short, which was created for Donald Glover's production company, Gilga. She also worked as a writer on Glovers buzzy series Swarm after beginning her career with a summer internship on HBOs Girls. In an April cover story for GQ, Glover shared the (somewhat debatable) advice he gave Obama before starting work on The Heart.
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Malia Obama’s Red Carpet Debut Featured a Throwback Early Aughts Trend – W Magazine
Malia Obamas Thursday evening was one for the history books. Last night, the former First Daughter staged her directorial and red carpet debut all in one evening as she stepped out at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Obama, under the name Malia Ann, wrote and directed the short film The Heart, which debuted at the festival and will screen throughout the week. The 25-year-old cut a chic figure in a longline gray coat, jeans, and a loose-fitting button-down shirt. Weve caught glimpses of Obamas post-White House cool girl style via tabloids recently, so it makes sense that shes done much of the same on the step-and-repeat. Sundance is one of the more casual events on the festival calendar, too, and attendees are more likely to show up in relaxed separates than elaborate ball gowns. Still, Obama managed to add some flair to her look with a pair of standout accessories.
Nothing says I know what Im doing quite like a statement shoeand Obamas mauve knee-length platform boots certainly brought an understated edge to things. Her razor-thin knit scarf mightve been the most on-trend item, though. The resurgence of the skinny scarf has been on a steady rise among fashion girls in recent months, with everyone from Bella Hadid to Kaia Gerberand now, a former First Daughterall co-signing the early aughts trend.
The Heart is an 18-minute short film centered around a grieving son whose mother left him an unusual request in her will. The film is about lost objects and lonely people and forgiveness and regret, but I also think it works hard to uncover where tenderness and closeness can exist in those things, she said in a Meet the Artist interview, adding, We hope you enjoy the film and it makes you feel a bit less lonely, or at least reminds you not to forget about the people who are.
Like her parents (whose production company Higher Ground inked a major deal with Netflix in 2018), Obama has shown an interest in Hollywood. She previously worked on Girls and Extent, and is credited as a writer on Donald Glovers limited series Swarm. Needless to say, itll likely be sooner rather than later when we see Malia Ann stage another appearance on the red carpet.
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Malia Obama’s Short Film ‘The Heart’ Screens at Sundance: ‘Somewhat of a Fable’ – IndieWire
Malia Obama is bringing her award-winning short film The Heart to Sundance.
The live-action short, which Obama wrote and directed using her middle name Malia Ann, previously screened at Telluride 2023 and won the Best Live Action Short award at the Chicago International Film Festival. The Heart follows a grieving son as he tries to carry out an obscure request left in his deceased mothers will.
Obama is the 25-year-old daughter of former U.S. PresidentBarack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. She previously worked in the Swarm writers room, served as a production assistant on CBS series Extant, and held internships on HBO series Girls and at the Weinstein Company.
In Obamas Sundance Meet the Artist video, the filmmaker calls The Heart an odd little story, somewhat of a fable.
Obama added, The film is about lost objects and lonely people and forgiveness and regret, but I also think it works hard to uncover where tenderness and closeness can exist in those things. The folks who came together to make this film have my heart, pun intended.
She continued, Im incredibly grateful to them for giving this story life, and we are grateful to Sundance for giving us the opportunity to share it with you all. We hope you enjoy the film and it makes you feel a bit less lonely, or at least reminds you not to forget about the people who are.
The Heart screens at Sundance in the U.S. Fiction Short Films category during the 40th annual festival. See the full lineup here.
Swarm co-creators Janine Nabers and Donald Glover formerly gushed about Obamas writing talent to Vanity Fair.
We really wanted to give her the opportunity to get her feet wet in TV and see if this is something she wants to continue doing, Nabers said of Obama. [The main characters of the show] are in their 20s and Malia is in her 20s, so it was really great having someone like her in the room. Shes a very professional person. Shes an incredible writer and artist.
Glover added, Shes just like, an amazingly talented person. Shes really focused, and shes working really hard.
Check out Obamas Meet the Artist Sundance video below.
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Letter to the editor: Thanks to Obama – Washington Times
OPINION:
Shortly before the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama boldly declared, We are five days away from fundamentally changing the United States of America.
Most probably believed Mr. Obama was referring to the election of the first Black president in U.S. history. But he had much more ambitious plans than that.
Mr. Obama wanted to change Americans beliefs in right and wrong and good and evil. He didnt embrace the progress our country made since the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s; instead, he set out to divide us further. He didnt see America as a force for good in the world, but rather as something to apologize for.
Mr. Obama brought about the racist Black Lives Matter organization. His influence created anti-American curricula, including critical race theory taught in many of our schools today. He awakened the transgender movement, confusing numerous children across the country.
During Mr. Obamas unofficial third term, President Biden has opened our southern border. Millions of illegal aliens have been allowed to enter our country.
It is true that since he became president, Mr. Obama has fundamentally changed America. He, Mr. Biden and the Democrats have weakened our standing in the world. Today we are in decline because of them.
The world is on fire, our southern border is wide open, our economy and banks are defaulting, our debt is at a record high of $34 trillion, inflation is surging and were on the verge of a second Civil War. I blame all of it on Mr. Obama and his puppet, Mr. Biden.
MICHAEL HART
Kokomo, Indiana
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