2022
135 min
A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington, family life, and world-changing political contributions, the impact of the White House's women is no longer hidden from view.
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Premiere DateApr 18, 2022
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- Viola Davis as Michelle Obama
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford
- Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt
- O.T. Fagbenle as Barack Obama
- Dakota Fanning as Susan Elizabeth Ford
- Lily Rabe as Lorena Hickok
- Regina Taylor as Marian Shields Robinson
- Kiefer Sutherland as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Aaron Eckhart as Gerald Ford
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References
S01E06 Shout Out
Eleanor moves Hick into an adjacent bedroom in the White House while Franklin has the FBI surveil her actions. Inspired by her growing influence and popularity, Betty steers a White House campaign office to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which aggravates Jerry's staff who worry about a conservative challenge for the upcoming Republican Party presidential nomination. Michelle pushes Barack to take a firm moral stand in favor of marriage equality over his political concerns about losing re-election.
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- S01
