Former President Barack Obama can now add Emmy nominee to his list of achievements. Obama snagged his first nomination in the Outstanding Narrator category for his work in the Netflix series Our Great National Parks.
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president of the United States
Obama was the leader of the pack for the five-part docuseries that premiered in April. Our Great National Parks give the viewers a great peak at the world’s hidden gems. This consists of organisms and species. The former president gives informative and comedic commentary as he takes viewers through the planet’s greatest national parks and wild spaces.
Every episode tells the story of a national park through the lives of its wildest residents while exploring our relationship with the wilderness.
Our Great National Parks was also nominated for Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program.