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Obamas' production company announces a National Parks docuseries and YA Native teen undercover thriller Firekeeper’s Daughter for Netflix
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Great National Parks is one of two Netflix series announced by Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground production company. The other, Firekeeper’s Daughter, is based on the upcoming debut novel by Angeline Boulley that is set to be published this spring. "The novel is a YA thriller that follows an 18-year-old Native girl as she reluctantly goes undercover in a police investigation on her Ojibwe reservation," per Variety. Reverie creator Mickey Fisher will serve as showrunner, co-writing with Wenonah Wilms.
TOPICS: Higher Ground Productions, Firekeeper’s Daughter, Great National Parks, Angeline Boulley, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Mickey Fisher, Wenonah Wilms, In Development
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