Malia Obama Developing Short Film For Donald Glover's Production Company

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Malia Obama is working on a short film for Donald Glover's company.

Malia Obama is currently developing a short film for Donald Glover's production company, Gilga. During a new GQ cover story, Glover revealed that the eldest daughter of former president Barack Obama is teaming up with the company. Malia was already part of the writer’s room of Glover's recent Amazon Prime Video series, Swarm.

As for Malia's own film, Glover warned her that the stakes are higher for someone of her status. “The first thing we did was talk about the fact that she will only get to do this once,” Glover said. “You’re Obama’s daughter. So if you make a bad film, it will follow you around.” Glover didn't go on to reveal any plot details about Malia's new short film.

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Fam Udeorji, Glover’s longtime collaborator and his creative partner at Gilga, also told the outlet: “Understanding somebody like Malia’s cachet means something. But we really wanted to make sure she could make what she wanted—even if it was a slow process…It’s more about diversity of thought than just, like, diversity for optics. You know what I mean?”

Glover also discussed his goals for Gilga as a whole. “Rich kids don’t do shit for money. They do things based on if it’s gonna make them happy," he said. "Like, that’s really what I realized this last go-around. I made a lot of money, and it wasn’t that I was depressed or anything like that, but I realized it’s the people I was around that mattered. It’s the food I was able to eat. It’s the processes I was a part of that made me happy. People don’t get quality anymore and they need a filter. Gilga is a perfect filter for that shit.”

Elsewhere in Glover's interview with GQ, he discussed negative reactions to the third season of Atlanta, his time at 30 Rock, being rejected by Saturday Night Live, and more. The first season of his Amazon series, Swarm, is streaming on the platform now.

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