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Becoming

And up until that point, I had been what I describe in the bookas a "box-checker." I was...

And up until that point, I had been what I describe in the book
as a "box-checker." I was doing what I thought
I was supposed to do

Full Transcript

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And up until that point,
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I had been what I describe in the book as a "box-checker."
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I was doing what I thought I was supposed to do.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:46
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Higher Ground,Big Mouth Productions

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Movie Summary

Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others during her 2019 book tour for 'Becoming.'
And that landed me from Princeton to Harvard, - Becoming 00:10
And that landed me from Princeton to Harvard,
You start practicing law, - Becoming 00:09
You start practicing law,
This is when I first got a hint that there might be a little something more there. - Becoming 00:04
This is when I first got a hint that there might be a little...
He's like, "Hello?" - Becoming 00:09
He's like, "Hello?"
And I was sort of like, "Whoa!" - Becoming 00:08
And I was sort of like, "Whoa!"
But then he was late, - Becoming 00:10
But then he was late,
He was like, "Oh, I'm so sorry." - Becoming 00:06
He was like, "Oh, I'm so sorry."
I wasn't equipped with an umbrella." - Becoming 00:12
I wasn't equipped with an umbrella."
And I was like, "I know. I know, girl." - Becoming 00:05
And I was like, "I know. I know, girl."
[women shouting and cheering excitedly] - Becoming 00:12
[women shouting and cheering excitedly]
That's not exactly how it happened." - Becoming 00:16
That's not exactly how it happened."
I was like, "That's what they're waiting for." - Becoming 00:05
I was like, "That's what they're waiting for....
You're black, he's black. This will be great." - Becoming 00:08
You're black, he's black. This will be great."...
But how do you fall for a guy who's driving a yellow Datsun? - Becoming 00:05
But how do you fall for a guy who's driving a yellow Da...
Yellow, - Becoming 00:06
Yellow,
[Gayle] One day, you guys are hanging out in the middle of the night, - Becoming 00:14
[Gayle] One day, you guys are hanging out in the middle of t...
I was like, "Oh, how romantic." - Becoming 00:06
I was like, "Oh, how romantic."
And he was different from me, - Becoming 00:05
And he was different from me,
I knew he was a tsunami coming after me, - Becoming 00:07
I knew he was a tsunami coming after me,
I didn't want to just be an appendage to his dreams. - Becoming 00:05
I didn't want to just be an appendage to his dreams.