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An independent filmmaker accuses her ex -first daughter, Mali Obama of being a cinema plague her work in a recent Nike advertisement.
Director Natalie Jasmine Harris claimed that Obama had been cast off the scene Her recent short movie “Grace” In which two characters play “Pat-a-Kaka” in his commercial commercial, in which he plays WNBA star A’ja Wilson. Harris claims that Obama has broken the “cinema tools” used to shoot a childhood game.
“At first, I was disappointed and hurt – not only for myself, but for my whole team,” Harris said Business Insider.
Independent filmmaker Natalie Jasmine Harris, in the middle, accused her former first daughter, Malia Obama of copying the scene from her short film “Grace” in her new Nike ad. (Getty)
Obama Nike Commercial“Teaching Professionals,” contains a young girl who explains the complex choreography of the adapted game “Pat-a-Kolača” in Las Vegas Aces Center A’ja Wilson, while she initially struggles to continue.
Harris, 27, claimed that the corner, shot, framing camera, and even the color palette used in the advertisement, echoed a similar scene from “Grace”, which she described as a “black southern Gothic short about a girl who is baptizing and questioning her feelings for her best friend.”
“If they wanted these shots similar to my shots, why not hire me to direct?” Harris asked Business Insider.
Harris claimed that she met Obama, 26, at the director’s lunch and other events in Sundance 2024, where their short films “Grace” and “Heart” were in competition. Obama, who was professionally passing by Malija Ann, was also a writer in the Amazon Prime series “Swarm”.
Women athletes directly directed messages toward Nike in a new advertisement
Former first daughter Malia Obama. (Getty)
The “Grace” director said her experience speaks of greater frustration that big brands are not ready to provide opportunities for growing filmmakers. She said that the reluctance of the brands to take a chance for unknown filmmakers, results in the loss of innovative films and the original storytelling.
“The Ruta who worked for Spike Lees and Steven Spielbergs from the world feels less sustainable today. If we are constantly overlooked, how will the next generation of filmmakers be there?” Harris told Business Insider.
Harris enjoyed her rather commercial work, shooting places for Verizon and Hyundai. Her student movie “Pure” bought HBO, but still, she describes an independent film creation as a “fight” and says she relies on free work to pay the bills.
She said she hadn’t been heard from Obama or Nike since she started talking about similarities.
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Obama directed WNBA star A’ja Wilson in the ad. (Grace Smith / Indystar / USA Today Network via Imagins Images)
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The director claimed that she was reluctant to ask that question, in awe that she would take over President’s daughter And the main brand, but she thought she had to solve what she saw as the main problem in her industry.
“I poured too much into my job to just sit down and watch.”
Obama, Nike and Harris did not respond to Fox News Digital for comment.
