Oscars 2020: No, the Obamas won't be winning any statuettes tonight
“We didn’t know what it was going to mean,” Julia Reichertin August, shortly before the film’s release. “But we love [the Obamas] so much that we just said, ‘OK, it’s going to be good so we’re going to go with it.’ … You know, their company is called Higher Ground. They want to take the higher ground. This is a very divisive time in our country and our film tries to listen to everybody.”
When the film was nominated last month, both Obamas shared their congratulations on social media. “It’s the kind of story we don’t see often enough and it’s exactly what Michelle and I hope to achieve with Higher Ground,” the former president wrote on Twitter. But the couple have not made the rounds at Oscar season events surrounding the film, likely to avoid pulling focus away from the filmmakers and politicizing the awards campaign.
Glad to see American Factory’s Oscar nod for Best Documentary. It’s the kind of story we don’t see often enough and it’s exactly what Michelle and I hope to achieve with Higher Ground. Congrats to the incredible filmmakers and entire team!Backstage, Bognar and Reichert acknowledged the Obamas’ critical support for the film but said they had yet to hear from the Obamas immediately after their win. “Well, we don’t know anything about whether … President Obama or Mrs.
Congrats to Julia and Steven, the filmmakers behind American Factory, for telling such a complex, moving story about the very human consequences of wrenching economic change. Glad to see two talented and downright good people take home the Oscar for Higher Ground’s first release.
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