Posted on 01/29/2026 3:22:05 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A documentary about a sitting first lady is unusual. A $40 million documentary, released theatrically while its subject occupies the White House and retains full editorial control, is something else entirely.
That is the situation surrounding Melania, a feature-length documentary about Melania Trump, which premiered this week at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center before a global theatrical rollout backed by Amazon MGM Studios. The film, which reportedly follows roughly 20 days surrounding the Trumps’ return to the White House, has sparked questions not because of what it reveals, but because of how, when and why it exists at all.
From its price tag to its director to its timing, the project breaks with long-standing norms around the role of first lady, political transparency and the business of presidential storytelling.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
My best friend and I have tickets for Saturday. Now they’re predicting snow in Atlanta so were playing it by ear. 😤
He’s a freak.
This is not "a film about the First Lady" ---- this is a film *by* the First Lady.
Melania has often discussed how she marketed the idea, selected the film crew and director, was the producer who made every decision. She conveniently leaves out the part about being paid tens of millions of dollars.
The film Melania is exactly the same as Hunter's paintings --- both the movie and the paintings are their works of art --- both works of art were peddled for sale through the White House in the direct shadow of the POTUS.
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Doubt it. Michelle was already out of the White House for nine years, not sitting next to the POTUS writing letters to Communist leaders. .
“ I really feel sorry for Barack Obama. Michelle is Exhibit #1 as to why there are few fathers in Black households. Who wants to be disrespected like that?”
Reminds me of a short YT video with Anton Daniels (love him) that illustrates how women emasculate their husbands- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j71FQDh_cJ8
Big Mike is a narcissistic who puts himself above everyone else anyway, but like you said is Exhibit #1 on how to disrespect your spouse. Big Mike puts the ugh in ugly- inside and out.
Military.com is a liberal rag now?
$40 million is chump change compared to $19 billion!
You seem to believe that a First Lady has no right to be employed and to earn her own living.
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