PARK CITY, UT—Noting that she did not want her parents’ fame to distract from her Sundance premiere, industry sources confirmed Thursday that emerging filmmaker Malia Obama had changed her surname to ‘Scorsese.’ “Although her legal name is still Obama, Malia is officially promoting her short film The Heart under the pseudonym Malia Martin Scorsese,” said Sundance spokesperson Shelby Fleming, adding that the 25-year-old had been using the more neutral, nondescript moniker since writing for Donald Glover’s television series Swarm. “When people see the last name Scorsese, they don’t see the daughter of a former president. They see a blank slate. She’s hopeful this slight change will help people take her art much more seriously.” At press time, Obama announced that her next film would be a gritty portrait of 1970s Little Italy titled Mean Streets.
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