2020 · documentary
Becoming
Directed by Nadia Hallgren1h 29m2020
Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others.
Our read: Becoming (2020) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded documentary entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle documentary, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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