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Becoming

I stopped talking off-the-cuff

[sentimental music playing] [Michelle] I stopped talking off-the-cuff

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[Michelle] I stopped talking off-the-cuff.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:35
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.'
I had to be much more scripted - Becoming 00:05
I had to be much more scripted
I was just, sort of, waking up to... - Becoming 00:04
I was just, sort of, waking up to...
The truth of who we can be: - Becoming 00:08
The truth of who we can be:
The only thing I can do is share that that does hurt. - Becoming 00:04
The only thing I can do is share that that does hurt.
Because if we walk around pretending like it doesn't hurt, - Becoming 00:06
Because if we walk around pretending like it doesn't hu...
It's just politics." - Becoming 00:04
It's just politics."
That changes the shape of a person's soul." - Becoming 00:05
That changes the shape of a person's soul."
[Michelle] It's important to have a place that you know as your home. - Becoming 00:05
[Michelle] It's important to have a place that you know...
One place where people know you, they've seen you grow up, - Becoming 00:09
One place where people know you, they've seen you grow ...
This was the tree where I had one of my first kisses. - Becoming 00:04
This was the tree where I had one of my first kisses.
She always played everything over and over and over again. - Becoming 00:06
She always played everything over and over and over again.
The radiator that Mom turned into a chimney for Christmas. - Becoming 00:06
The radiator that Mom turned into a chimney for Christmas.
And there used to be mirrors on this wall to make this look bigger. - Becoming 00:05
And there used to be mirrors on this wall to make this look ...
I was a teenager here, - Becoming 00:07
I was a teenager here,
He always had some version of this recliner, - Becoming 00:06
He always had some version of this recliner,
And when we all lived here, - Becoming 00:08
And when we all lived here,
He would get into his mood where he would just want to hear his jazz. - Becoming 00:05
He would get into his mood where he would just want to hear ...
[soft piano music playing] - Becoming 00:08
[soft piano music playing]
I always think about him coming home from work, coming up those stairs. - Becoming 00:05
I always think about him coming home from work, coming up th...
But him coming up those stairs was like God returning home. - Becoming 00:06
But him coming up those stairs was like God returning home.