Barack Obama weighs in on 'stubborn' daughter Malia dropping his last name

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Former U.S. president Barack Obama has remarked on his daughter Malia’s decision not to use her last name professionally on her filmmaking debut.

The 26-year-old was a staff writer on the Emmy-nominated Prime streaming show Swarm last year, and recently became a director with an 18-minute short film titled The Heart. It premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and has played other festivals since, winning the Young Spirit Award at the Deauville Film Festival in France, and the Best Live Action Short prize at the Chicago International Film Festival.