![]() ![]() ![]() Producers on the film were Tanne and Sumpter, along with Teitel, through IM Global. On May 7, 2015, Parker Sawyers was cast as the young Barack Obama. In April 2015, Sumpter talked with Vulture about her preparations to play Michelle, and stated that she was "nervous" because she was about to play "Michelle Obama, who is everything every woman wants to be," and also said that she was reading some poetry and books to get to know more about Michelle, so she could portray the role better. On April 10, 2015, IM Global came on board to produce the film with producer Robert Teitel. ![]() Tanne would make his directing debut on the film, based on his own script, and producing alongside Tika Sumpter. Tika Sumpter would play Michelle, while no one had yet been cast in Barack's role. On December 5, 2014, Deadline reported that there would be a romance film titled Southside with You, based on the first date of American President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama, set in Chicago, where the couple met in 1989 and married in 1992. ![]() The original idea was developed by Richard Tanne in 2007, after which he started writing the script. Vanessa Bell Calloway as Marian Robinson.In the evening, they view a screening of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, and have their first kiss outside an ice cream parlor in what winds up being their first date. At the community organizing meeting, Obama gives a rousing speech which is well-received by the audience including Robinson. They visit an African art exhibition at a local art center which features an Ernie Barnes exhibit, and share stories about growing up while walking through a park. She is initially apprehensive because they work together, but agrees. However when they meet in the morning, he tells her that the meeting is at 4pm and he wants to fill the time till then getting to know each other. Harvard Law School student Barack Obama, while working as a summer associate at a Chicago law firm in 1989, arranges to meet Michelle Robinson, a young lawyer and his supervisor at the firm ostensibly to go to a community organizing meeting. It was released theatrically in the United States on August 26, 2016, by Miramax and Roadside Attractions, and grossed over $6.5 million worldwide. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it garnered critical acclaim. 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 takes plenty of poetic license to craft this charming, playful story out of true-life events, yet actors Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers embody the essence of two people matched in power, idealism, and intellect.Southside with You is a 2016 American biographical romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Richard Tanne, in his feature film directorial debut. "As their epic encounter continues into evening and these fiercely bright minds go head-to-head, sparks fly. But as ice cream gives way to a stop at the Art Institute, and the community gathering conveniently becomes a chance for Barack to lecture brilliantly on activism, it’s stunningly obvious to Michelle that this cigarette-smoking smooth talker is desperately trying to woo her. In Michelle’s eyes, it was most certainly not a date. Her name was Michelle Robinson, and his pretense was a friendly outing to a community organizer meeting. "One Chicago afternoon in 1989, a Harvard Law summer associate named Barack Obama finagled a tête-à-tête with an attorney from the prestigious corporate law firm where they both worked. Mellow Sundance romance feature based on the first date between President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, set in 1989 Chicago. ![]()
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