DEAR WHITE PEOPLE

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Fri, Oct 31, 2014 3:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Fri, Oct 31, 2014 6:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Fri, Oct 31, 2014 8:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Nov 1, 2014 1:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Nov 1, 2014 3:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Nov 1, 2014 6:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Nov 1, 2014 8:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sun, Nov 2, 2014 1:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sun, Nov 2, 2014 3:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sun, Nov 2, 2014 6:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sun, Nov 2, 2014 8:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Mon, Nov 3, 2014 3:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Mon, Nov 3, 2014 6:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Mon, Nov 3, 2014 8:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Tue, Nov 4, 2014 3:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Tue, Nov 4, 2014 9:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Wed, Nov 5, 2014 3:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Wed, Nov 5, 2014 6:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Thu, Nov 6, 2014 3:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Thu, Nov 6, 2014 6:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Thu, Nov 6, 2014 8:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Fri, Nov 7, 2014 6:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Fri, Nov 7, 2014 10:15 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Nov 8, 2014 1:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Nov 8, 2014 4:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Nov 8, 2014 8:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sun, Nov 9, 2014 4:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sun, Nov 9, 2014 8:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Mon, Nov 10, 2014 6:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Tue, Nov 11, 2014 9:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Wed, Nov 12, 2014 6:00 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Thu, Nov 13, 2014 7:45 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Fri, Nov 14, 2014 9:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Sat, Nov 15, 2014 2:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Mon, Nov 17, 2014 8:30 PM
Ped Mall -Scene 1 Thu, Nov 20, 2014 9:30 PM
Film Info
Rating:Not Rated
Runtime:108 mins
Director:Justin Simien
Year Released:2014
Production Country:USA
Website:www.dearwhitepeoplemovie.com

Description

"Simien has a sharp ear for comedy, and the film is certainly hilarious. But it's anger that gives DEAR WHITE PEOPLE the charge lifting it from funny to great." --Calum Marsh, Village Voice

"A smart, hilarious satire of the Obama age." --Eric Kohn, Indiewire

Dialogue: UI associate professor Deborah Elizabeth Whaley, American Studies Dept. and Program in African American Studies, will lead a panel discussion following the 2:30 screening on Saturday, Nov. 15. Other panel participants include UI professors Lena Hill (English) and Jessica Welburn (Sociology & African American Studies), as well as UI graduate students Kayla Wheeler and Raven S. Maragh. The panel is free and open to the public. Those who have already seen the film are welcome to join us for the discussion, immediately following the screening (approximately 4:30pm).

A satire about being a black face in a white place. Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, writer/director Justin Simien follows a group of African American students as they navigate campus life and racial politics at a predominantly white college in this witty and whip-smart satire about black militancy, post-racial fantasies, and the commodification of blackness in the age of Obama. Nothing is black and white in this playful portrait of race in contemporary America.