Barack and Michelle Obama are launching a new celebrity-packed musical Netflix show to teach young kids about the US government. Per <a href="https://ew.com/tv/barack-obama-michelle-new-netflix-animated-series/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_term=60b7bdc85e8aaf000138a936">Entertainment Weekly</a>, the former POTUS and former FLOTUS executive produced the project, which aims to educate the nation's youngsters on political processes in the US throughout its 10 episodes. Check out the trailer for the starstudded animated series here: [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/GqAutXtK-Q0L14jDU.mp4||GqAutXtK]] Mr. Obama announced the 10-part show on <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1400140945975386113">Twitter</a> on Wednesday, writing: <blockquote>"Michelle and I are excited to share our latest show from Higher Ground: We The People. Some of our favorite artists got together with amazing animators to remix civics—and the result is a lot better than what we had in school. Check it out on @Netflix this July 4."</blockquote> The animated show, titled We The People, has enlisted the help of a number of celebrities and high-profile figures including: Bebe Rexha, Janelle, Adam Lambert, Monáe, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton cast member Daveed Diggs, singer Brittany Howard, Frozen's Robert and Kristine Anderson-Lopez, singer H.E.R, and poet Amanda Gorman. They will be contributing to the project's original soundtrack. A <a href="https://ew.com/tv/barack-obama-michelle-new-netflix-animated-series/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_term=60b7bdc85e8aaf000138a936">press release</a> refers to the series as "an exuberant call to action for everyone to rethink civics as a living, breathing thing and to reframe their understanding of what government and citizenship mean in a modern world." <img class="wp-image-1263094304 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/02/ecb4510f-pa-57651751-scaled.jpg" alt="Michelle Obama cooking show" width="2560" height="1706" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: PA Images / Alamy]] Created by Chris Nee, the show will set out to teach young Americans about the power of the American people through each of the short three-minute episodes. The series will cover a number of topics including the three branches of government, women's suffrage, immigration, income tax brackets, the makeup of the 50 states, activism, and free speech, per <a href="https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2021/06/02/Obamas-We-the-People-Netflix-trailer/9261622654407/">UPI</a>. The episodes were directed by an array of different filmmakers, including: Peter Ramsey, Trisha Gum, Victoria Vincent, Benjy Brooke, Mabel Ye, Tim Rauch, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Daron Nefcy, Everett Downing, and Kendra Ryan. The Obamas are executive producing the project along with Black-ish writer Kenya Barris, and producers Tonia Davis and Priya Swaminathan The show will make its debut at a free screening in the DOCS Talks section of the AFI DOCS film festival on Thursday, June 24. We The People will be available to stream on Netflix on July 4. <h6>Featured image credit: Abaca Press / Alamy</h6>

Barack and Michelle Obama launching new Netflix show to teach kids about government

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