Barack and Michelle Obama signed a deal on May 22, 2018, to produce docu-series, documentaries and features for
Netflix under the Obamas' newly formed production company,
Higher Ground Productions. Higher Ground's first film,
American Factory, won the
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2020. On October 24, a pipe bomb addressed to Obama was intercepted by the Secret Service. It was one of several pipe-bombs that had been
mailed out to Democratic lawmakers and officials. In 2019, Barack and Michelle Obama bought a home on
Martha's Vineyard from
Wyc Grousbeck. On October 29, Obama criticized "
wokeness" and
call-out culture at the Obama Foundation's annual summit.