Malia Obama Developing Short Film at Donald Glover’s Company; He Told Her: ‘If You Make a Bad Film, It Will Follow You Around’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Malia Obama is staying in the Donald Glover business. As part of a new GQ cover story on the “Atlanta” creator, Glover revealed that his newly-created production company, Gilga, is developing a short film with Malia Obama, the eldest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama.
GQ confirmed Malia is “creating” the short film. It’s unconfirmed at this time if Malia will direct the project. Malia already has experience working with Glover as part of the writer’s room of his buzzy Amazon Prime Video series “Swarm,” which debuted March 17 on the streaming platform.
Malia had a writing credit on the show’s fifth episode, “Girl Bye,” alongside series co-creator Janine Nabers. As part of the GQ cover, Glover reflected on how he is mentoring Malia in the entertainment world. “The first thing we did was talk about the fact that she will only get to do this once,” Glover said. “You’re Obama’s daughter.
So if you make a bad film, it will follow you around.” Fam Udeorji, Glover’s longtime collaborator and his creative partner at Gilga, added, “Understanding somebody like Malia’s cachet means something.
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