"In this series, I speak to American workers in a variety of industries — from hospitality to technology to home care — in order to understand their work and their hopes for the future," the former Democratic president explained on Twitter.
In this series entitled "Working: what we do all day", Mr. Obama looks at the hot topics of the attractiveness of employment, the repercussions of the development of artificial intelligence or the search for meaning at work, in an approach inspired by the book "Working" by Studs Terkel (1912-2008), Great figure of the American left.
Through the episodes, the former president, who left office in 2017, once again uses his talents as a storyteller to "explore ways to find meaning at work, and to create links through experiences and difficulties," says Netflix on its website.
The series, broadcast by the American streaming giant, was produced by Concordia Studio and Higher Ground, a successful production company founded by the Obama couple in 2018, which notably bought the distribution rights to the Oscar-winning documentary "American Factory".
The documentary series will be broadcast from May 17 on the Netflix streaming platform.
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