Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle made their Hollywood debut on Wednesday with a film set in industrial Ohio. The documentary American Factory looks at a former American automobile factory now operating as a Chinese business. The film was released Wednesday on Netflix. It is the streaming service's first joint project with the Obamas' new production company, Higher Ground. Filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert said they learned of the Obamas' interest in the film as they were discussing placement of American Factory with Netflix. They were told the Obamas had seen the movie a few days earlier. Bognar and Reichert live in the Dayton, Ohio, area. That is where Fuyao Glass replaced a General Motors factory. The filmmakers said they had first planned to explore a culture clash. But then, they said, the film deepened into a story about globalization and the rights of workers.
Title: Obamas and Netflix Present 1st Joint Film Project, ‘American Factory’
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3603/BO.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Obamas and Netflix Present 1st Joint Film Project, American Factory' data-article-id='4082'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13146'>Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle made their Hollywood debut on Wednesday with a film set in industrial Ohio.</span> <span data-start-time='13146' data-end-time='24750'>The documentary American Factory looks at a former American automobile factory now operating as a Chinese business.</span> <span data-start-time='24750' data-end-time='29479'>The film was released Wednesday on Netflix.</span> <span data-start-time='29479' data-end-time='38708'>It is the streaming service's first joint project with the Obamas' new production company, Higher Ground.</span> <span data-start-time='38708' data-end-time='52542'>Filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert said they learned of the Obamas' interest in the film as they were discussing placement of American Factory with Netflix.</span> <span data-start-time='52542' data-end-time='57729'>They were told the Obamas had seen the movie a few days earlier.</span> <span data-start-time='57729' data-end-time='62750'>Bognar and Reichert live in the Dayton, Ohio, area.</span> <span data-start-time='62750' data-end-time='68208'>That is where Fuyao Glass replaced a General Motors factory.</span> <span data-start-time='68208' data-end-time='74396'>The filmmakers said they had first planned to explore a culture clash.</span> <span data-start-time='74396' data-end-time='82750'>But then, they said, the film deepened into a story about globalization and the rights of workers.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3603/BO.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13521 data-hint-location='13146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3603/the_film_deepened_into_a_story_about__blank_.wav'>THe film deepened into a story about <span class='blank'>globalization</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='globalization'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3603/globalization.wav'><span>globalization</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3603/union_organizers.wav'><span>union organizers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3603/an_automobile_factory.wav'><span>an automobile factory</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3603/voter_suppression.wav'><span>voter suppression</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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