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Southside With You
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 (Parker Sawyers) tries to woo a reluctant attorney (Tika Sumpter) during a day-long date that takes them from the Art Institute of Chicago to a screening of Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, and then to a sweet first kiss outside of a Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor.
PRESS
"This is at heart a near-perfect date movie... - Star Tribune
"Sweet, intelligent, well-crafted, and wonderfully romantic." - Chicago Sun Times
"A miracle of a film." - RogerEbert.com
"An unqualified success that, politics be damned, is all but assured to make you melt." - Variety
"Impeccably acted." - IndieWire
"Tika Sumpter is 100 percent the Michelle Obama the public has come to know: formidable, intellectually probing and a bit fierce." - The Hollywood Reporter
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
Richard Tanne (Director, Writer, Producer) is currently writing a feature film for Pixar. The son of a special education teacher, Robyn Weingarten-Tanne, and a bankruptcy attorney, Scott Tanne, he was born and raised in Livingston, New Jersey. Growing up, Tanne became engrossed with storytelling from his mother’s bedtime stories and regular excursions to the local movie theater with his father. As a teenager, Tanne’s writing brought local and national acclaim.
The writer is a recipient of the New Jersey Governor’s Award for Excellence in Arts Education for playwriting and the winner of the Young Playwrights, Inc. National Playwriting Competition, founded by Stephen Sondheim.
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