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Southside with You is a 2016 American biographical romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Richard Tanne, in his feature film directorial debut.The film stars Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter as a young Barack Obama (the future 44th president of the United States), and Michelle Robinson, respectively, and focuses on the couple's first date in 1989.
Southside with You: Directed by Richard Tanne. With Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear. Barack Obama, a freshman at Harvard Law School, gets a job at a Chicago law firm under the orders of young Michelle Robinson.
- (10K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Richard Tanne
- 2016-08-26
Jan 25, 2016 · The film’s Michelle, actress Tika Sumpter, was cast early on—as an initial advocate of the project, she also served as a producer. But finding an actor to play the oft-parodied president ...
Aug 26, 2016 · Heady topics aside, “Southside with You” is often hilarious and never loses its old-fashioned sweetness. Sumpter’s take on Michelle is a tad more on-point than Sawyers’ Barack, but he compensates by exuding the same bemused self-assurance as his real-life counterpart. The two leads are both excellent, but this is really Michelle’s show.
Nell Minow AWFJ.org Southside With You is the falling-in-love movie most films handle with a pop song and a montage, smart, touching, lovely. Nov 4, 2021 Full Review Emma Jones Independent (UK ...
- (163)
- Richard Tanne
- PG-13
- Tika Sumpter
Synopsis. It is the summer of 1989 in Chicago, Illinois. Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson are getting ready for not a date. She's been very clear that this is not a date, despite him asking her to go on a date almost since the beginning of his summer internship at the corporate law firm where she is a second-year associate, and his advisor.
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Jan 27, 2016 · Southside With You, a movie about the Obamas' first date, is surprisingly poignant. by Gregory Ellwood. Jan 27, 2016, 8:10 AM PST. Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers as Michelle and Barack Obama in ...
