Michelle Obama Archives - Book and Film Globe

Women's History

NON-FICTION Young Adult

The Best Young Adult Nonfiction for Women’s History Month

March 2, 2021March 2, 2022 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Alice Paul, Ann Angel, Becoming, Charles and Emma, Claudette Colvin, Deborah Heiligman, Deborah Kops, Hidden Figures, I Am Malala, Irène Curie, Janis Joplin, Lise Meitner, Lita Judge, Malala Yousafzai, Margot Lee Shetterly, Mary's Monster, Michelle Obama, Phillip M. Hoose, Radioactive!, Rebecca Skloot, Sally Ride, Sonia Sotomayor, Tam O’Shaughnessy, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Twice Toward Justice, Winifred Conkling

From scientists to activists to singers, these women changed the world

Black joy

FILM Netflix TELEVISION

Black Content That’s Not Just About Trauma

July 1, 2020July 3, 2020 Jake Harris 1 Comment A Black Lady Sketch Show, Ashley Nicole Black, Barack Obama, Eddie Murphy, F. Gary Gray, Gabrielle Dennis, Hollywood Shuffle, Inside Man, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michelle Obama, Omar Epps, Queen Latifah, Quinta Brunson, Robert Townsend, Robin Thede, Set It Off, Southside With You, Spike Lee, Taye Diggs, The Fits, The Watermelon Woman, The Wood, Vivica A. Fox

Sketch comedies, family dramas, surrealist horror, and a couple of heist flicks

Crip Camp

DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix

‘Crip Camp’ Tells the Story of the Birth of the Disability Rights Movement

May 4, 2020May 8, 2020 Mia McCullough 1 Comment Barack Obama, Camp Jened, Crip Camp, Jim LeBrecht, Michelle Obama, Nicole Newenham

A life-affirming vision of social progress