Malia Obama's Nike Ad Is 'Shockingly Similar' to Sundance 2024 Short, Filmmaker Says

Malia Obama and Nike were accused by filmmaker Natalie Jasmine Harris Monday of taking uncredited inspiration from her short film "Grace" for the sports brand's new Obama-directed campaign ad with A'ja Wilson. The short film - "a dramatic Black Southern Gothic," per the filmmaker - screened at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, the same year Obama screened her directorial debut, "The Heart." The portion of "Grace" in question involves two young Black women in the 1950s sitting on the front steps of their home, laughing and clapping while playing a hand game. The new Nike . . .