Malia Obama expressed her love for film and production before she left high school. She had one of her earliest opportunities in 2014 as a production assistant on the CBS sci-fi drama, “Extant.” Such interests prompted her to move to Los Angeles to pursue her film career. Malia landed her first big TV writing gig on Amazon Prime’s “Swarm” series. She wrote Episode 5, titled “Girl Bye,” which was met with rave reviews by the show’s creators, Donald Glover and Janine Nabers. “Some of her pitches were wild as hell, and they were just so good and so funny,” Nabers told Entertainment Tonight in May 2023. “She’s an incredible writer. She brought a lot to the table… She’s really, really dedicated to her craft.”
In January 2024, Malia left Los Angeles to be on location in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. Malia’s short film, “The Heart,” premiered at the event. She released the 18-minute flick under her moniker, Malia Ann, with a very specific goal. “The film is about lost objects and lonely people and forgiveness and regret, but I also think it works hard to uncover where tenderness and closeness can exist in these things,” Malia shared in a video before the film aired at the festival. “We hope you enjoy the film and it makes you feel a bit less lonely, or at least reminds you not to forget about the people who are.”
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