Becoming

Becoming (2018) tells the story of Michelle Obama, née Robinson. Born to loving parents in a working-class Chicago neighborhood, she grew into a strong, independent woman, who just happened to meet and fall in love with a man named Barack Obama. This is the life story of a woman who didn’t expect to become the first African-American First Lady, yet found a way to continue exercising her own unique voice under the most unusual and trying of circumstances.

Michelle Obama graduated from Princeton University before attending Harvard Law School and then joining the prestigious Chicago law firm Sidley & Austin. She worked in the mayor’s office of Chicago’s City Hall before becoming the Executive Director of the youth mentoring program Public Allies. After this, she worked as the Executive Director for Community Affairs for the University of Chicago Medical Center. Since becoming the First Lady of the United States, she has written numerous books and been an advocate for children’s health and the issues facing military families.