Two more Emmy wins for Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions
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Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions company added two more Emmy wins to its collection with ‘Ada Twist, Scientist’ and ‘We the People’
Fill in Ada Twist, Scientist and "We the People" won Outstanding Preschool Animated Series and Outstanding Short Form Program, respectively, to open the first-ever Children's & Family Emmy Awards programme on Sunday night.some text
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Ada Twist was the first show to be announced as part of the overall agreement between Netflix and Chris Nee's production firm, Laughing Wild.
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Nee, who also came up with "We The People," spoke to Variety about Laughing Wild's objectives and how they continue to coincide with Obama's work.
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"On 'We the People,' Nee said that we were quite selective in the filmmakers and performers we hired. We reserved two director positions for promising women.’
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This brings the production company’s total Emmy wins to three.