Type:Romance
Dur:84 min
Year:2016
Dir:Richard Tanne
Rating:CTC
Inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, Southside With You recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a charming young law associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tries to woo reluctant attorney Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a daylong date that takes them from an art exhibit to a screening of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing to a sweet first kiss outside of a Baskin-Robbins ice-cream parlour.
cast:
Parker Sawyers, Tika Sumpter, Vanessa Bell Calloway
crew:
Writer & Director: Richard Tanne, Producers: Tika Sumpter, Richard Tanne, Robert Teitel
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