Name: We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
Director: Tony Gerber
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-10-12
Duration: 49 min
Cast: Michelle Obama, Freida Pinto, Isha Sesay

Michelle Obama + Meryl Streep walk into Morocco. What happens next? Pure magic.

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Michelle Obama + Meryl Streep walk into Morocco. What happens next? Pure magic.

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Overview

Documentary

Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto and CNN's Isha Sesay take a journey to Morocco and Liberia, where they meet young women overcoming incredible odds to change their lives.

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Standout Aspects

Direction

Tony Gerber keeps it intimate, never exploitative.

Production

Stunning Liberian and Moroccan landscapes.

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Director

Tony Gerber

ReleasedOct 12, 2018

Runtime49m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonelight

Feelheavy

Top Cast

Michelle Obama

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Freida Pinto

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Insight

This was part of Obama's Let Girls Learn initiative, which the Trump administration quietly dismantled in 2017. The documentary became unintentional preservation of that legacy.

Cultural

Suma Tharu's poem performance—written during her time as a bonded laborer in Nepal—was unscripted and moved the entire crew to tears. It's not in the original shooting script.

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