You can’t hardly beat it! The first Netflix film produced by Barack and Michele Obama’s production company struck gold last. Which is to say that The film, “American Factory,” took home top honors at the Academy Awards for Best Feature-:ength Documentary. (RELATED: Barack and Michelle Obama to make TV shows, films for Netflix)
It’s pity that former Pres. Obama’s Midas touch — which has netted him and his wife book deals worth $65 million and an $11.75 million waterfront property on Martha’s Vineyard — didn’t exist during his days in the White House, when everything he touched turned to something else.
According to a promo on Twitter, “‘American Factory’ tells an emotional, local story that resonates globally. Directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert have created a masterwork that examines culture, labor and class struggle, and challenges us to consider what unites us instead of what separates us.”
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AMERICAN FACTORY tells an emotional, local story that resonates globally. Directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert have created a masterwork that examines culture, labor and class struggle, and challenges us to consider what unites us instead of what separates us. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/QOYpeXXfTA
— Netflix Film (@NetflixFilm) February 10, 2020
Reichert (she’s the bald one) was on hand last night to claim the honor, and during her acceptance speech she quoted Karl Marx, explaining for the crowd:
Working people have it harder and harder these days – and we believe that things will get better when workers of the world unite.
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How woke! How Hollywood!
Producer Julia Reichert cites the Communist Manifesto because… well, we all know why.
“Workers of the world unite." pic.twitter.com/kl64TC0uNh
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) February 10, 2020
The phrase “workers of the world, unite” comes directly from the “Communist Manifesto.” Then again, so did much that Obama promulgated during his two failed terms as president.
