‘The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey’ (2023). Special on Netflix

The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey is a Netflix special in which Michelle Obama has a very interesting chat with Oprah Winfrey.

In Los Angeles, 2022, last night of a journey that took Michelle Obama on a nationwide tour to present her second book. This time, together with the incomparable Oprah Winfrey, we are treated to a show bursting with social awareness.

Michelle Obama addresses issues such as the racial conflict in the United States and both ladies give us a review of their personal experiences as well as of the mayor events in America and the world of the past recent years.

The romance between Michelle Obama and Netflix continues, this time in this friendly dialogue between two women who, by the looks of it, have a phenomenal relationship and they know how to transmit that chemistry to a totally devoted audience and share with them all their wisdom and experiences.

This special has its backstage and has shown knowing how to combine life experiences with closeness to the public, a safe bet from Netflix so far in this kind of shows. And this time, with none other than Michelle Obama, who has already collaborated with the streaming network as a presenter in Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant and in the documentary, Becoming (2020).

Closeness and experience in this hour and a half conversation in which the two women will share with us their point of view on meaningful topics.

Enjoy.

Release date

April 25, 2023

Where to Watch The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey

Netflix

Trailer

Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama grew up in a working-class family on the south side of Chicago. Her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, instilled in her the importance of education, hard work, and service to the community. Michelle attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and went on to study sociology and African-American studies at Princeton University. After graduation, she attended Harvard Law School, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree. More

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 29, 1954. Her early life was marked by hardship and adversity, as she endured poverty, abuse, and numerous struggles. Despite these challenges, Oprah’s exceptional intelligence and determination shone through, earning her a scholarship to Tennessee State University. After college, she began her broadcasting career at a local radio station and gradually made her way to television, where she co-hosted a talk show called “People Are Talking.” More