Jeff Bezos's uncritical Melania documentary is a bow to Trump. Melania Trump will soon appear on the big screen. In a statement to Fox News, Amazon Studios announced that it had licensed a documentary about the incoming first lady that promises an «unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look» at her life.
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Brett Ratner is directing the documentary, which Trump and Fernando Sulichin are executive producing. It is expected to debut in theatres and on streaming services in the second half of 2025. Filming started last month, as quoted in a report by the Daily Beast.
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The decision to release the film is the most recent in a string of public initiatives by Jeff Bezos, Amazon, and several of his businesses to make amends with President-elect Donald Trump and his family following years of animosity, even though any outlet would be very interested in any exclusive look into the life of the former first lady who is now the future first lady.
Besides its $1 million in-kind donation to the incoming president's inauguration fund, Amazon also announced that it would stream the event on Prime Video. Bezos, the most recent of several tech