Clinton to bring voting-rights story to TV
Hillary Clinton is adding a new lineitem to her resume: television producer.
The losing 2016 US presidential candidate said last week that she was working with director Steven Spielberg to bring a book about women’s fight for voting rights to television.
“I’m thrilled to be joining forces with Steven Spielberg to bring @ efweiss5’s book ‘The Woman’s Hour’ to TV,” Clinton said in a statement on her Twitter account, referring to author Elaine Weiss.
“It’s about the women who fought for suffrage nearly 100 years ago. We stand on their shoulders, and I’m delighted to have a hand in helping to tell their stories,” she added.
The Hollywood Reporter said that Clinton would act as an executive producer on the show in a deal with Spielberg’s Amblin TV. No writer or network has yet signed onto the project, but The Hollywood Reporter said Clinton is expected to have hands-on involvement in the development of the show, including casting.
The project will mark Clinton’s debut as a TV producer and follows a deal in May between Netflix and former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle to produce films, documentaries and other content for the streaming service.
The Woman’s Hour tells the story of the long crusade by American women to get the right to vote and the forces of history, culture and politics that hindered their effort. It was published in March.
Since losing her bid to become the first female US president, Clinton has written a memoir about her campaign, What Happened, and launched the political action group Onward Together.
She is also due to make a guest appearance as herself in an October
episode of the television programme Madam Secretary, about a fictional female US Secretary of State that is widely thought to be inspired by Clinton’s own time at the US State Department from 2009-13.