Donald Glover Shares the Advice He Gave Malia Obama While Mentoring Her: 'She Will Only Get to Do This Once'
etonline.comDonald Glover is stepping into a new era of his career, one where he helps foster «the freshest entertainment and art» with Gilga, his new production company/incubator/cultural library.
In an interview for 's first-ever Global Creativity Awards issue, Glover explains that the company is named after Gilgamesh, the mythic Mesopotamian hero who angered the gods. «Gilga is like Erewhon for culture,» the 39-year-old tells the outlet, referring to the high-end California supermarket. «I want to work with the best people in every medium.
To work toward sustainable output. The culture we're getting from our phones is not high quality. It can be really good sometimes.
And fun. But not necessarily high quality. Gilga is the filter for all of that.» The filmmaker shares that one of Gilga's first projects is a short film created by Malia Obama, whom Glover has been mentoring. «The first thing we did was talk about the fact that she will only get to do this once,» he reveals. «You're [Barack] Obama's daughter.
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