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Becoming

This is a super-normal Wednesday

[chattering] [woman]
This is a super-normal Wednesday

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[woman] This is a super-normal Wednesday.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:10
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.'
[laughter] - Becoming 00:05
[laughter]
So we thought it was a great idea to bring two book clubs together - Becoming 00:08
So we thought it was a great idea to bring two book clubs to...
But it was fascinating to read because they were lifelong, - Becoming 00:08
But it was fascinating to read because they were lifelong,
[woman 2] Do you have a sense of what they were fleeing - Becoming 00:04
[woman 2] Do you have a sense of what they were fleeing
If you look at my parents' parents, - Becoming 00:06
If you look at my parents' parents,
That's when you would hear the off-the-cuff remarks - Becoming 00:11
That's when you would hear the off-the-cuff remarks
What was going on in the '70s - Becoming 00:09
What was going on in the '70s
Your property values are going to go down." - Becoming 00:07
Your property values are going to go down."
You can even see it in class pictures of my kindergarten class - Becoming 00:07
You can even see it in class pictures of my kindergarten cla...
I mean, it does something to kids like me, - Becoming 00:10
I mean, it does something to kids like me,
Because my family, sadly, - Becoming 00:07
Because my family, sadly,
I was one of a handful of minority students. - Becoming 00:04
I was one of a handful of minority students.
It was the first time in my life where I stood out like that. - Becoming 00:05
It was the first time in my life where I stood out like that...
I learned that one of my roommates moved out - Becoming 00:07
I learned that one of my roommates moved out
In hindsight, I think I needed to go to Princeton to see for myself - Becoming 00:09
In hindsight, I think I needed to go to Princeton to see for...
[Gayle] And then you're in class with some of these guys, and you realized what? - Becoming 00:04
[Gayle] And then you're in class with some of these guy...
People have told us, "No, these are the things that aren't for you." - Becoming 00:13
People have told us, "No, these are the things that are...
There's the college athlete. - Becoming 00:04
There's the college athlete.
And universities have a right and an interest in diversifying. - Becoming 00:06
And universities have a right and an interest in diversifyin...
The problem is that when it comes to students of color, poor kids, - Becoming 00:10
The problem is that when it comes to students of color, poor...