EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has lined up a blockbuster slate of short documentaries heading into Oscar season, including the latest from two-time Academy Award winner Ben Proudfoot in collaboration with the Obamas’ production company.
The streamer announced four acquisitions today, beginning with The Turnaround, directed by Kyle Thrash and Proudfoot, a documentary that “tells the story of Philadelphia Phillies’ superfan Jon McCann, who helped inspire an unlikely 2023 standing ovation for Phillies shortstop Trea Turner, which helped turn the team around after hitting a major roadblock.” (Coincidence or otherwise, the Phillies have clinched the NL East division this year and are essentially tied with the L.A.
Dodgers for the best record in baseball). As Deadline reported in late August, Higher Ground, the production company founded by former Pres.
Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, came aboard The Turnaround. Higher Ground produces, along with Proudfoot’s Breakwater Studios, Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios (a DICK’s Sporting Goods company), and Major League Baseball.
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