![]() Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side. ![]() With Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear. “We could go there for a screening,” Sumpter said. Southside with You: Directed by Richard Tanne. Or, if their schedule is too busy, Sumpter floated the idea of a White House field trip. I mean, a lot of people did that summer, I’m sure. One day in the summer of 1989, two people went on a first date. Maybe we can get them here for a screening later this week.” Other Media Review Movie Review: Southside With You. (And his logic seemed to help-the actor is getting rave reviews for the performance.)Īsked when they would screen Southside with You for the first couple, Tanne said, “As soon as possible. MORE: Find more movie reviews of films now in local theaters or coming to theaters this weekend. So I just imagined that everyone would think I would suck anybody so were really, really low,” Sawyers said to audience laughs. Southside With You is, in a way, a portrait of a president-to-be as a young John Cusack. SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU The concern with a film like Southside With You, the story of the first date between future President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama (formerly Robinson) is that it will go beyond hagiography into downright sanctification. “This is my first lead and I live outside the country, and nobody knew me. So Tika actually said, ‘Turn the volume off and give it another look.’ So I did, and I looked into his eyes, and I saw that there was more there.”Įven though playing the president seems like an especially nerve-racking role, Sawyers summoned some low-stress rationale. ![]() That was exactly what we weren't looking for. His initial audition was an impersonation of commander in chief Obama. “ Parker actually came in through a taped audition. “I think we put together a list of about 30 actors,” Tanne said. But finding an actor to play the oft-parodied president proved harder. The film’s Michelle, actress Tika Sumpter, was cast early on-as an initial advocate of the project, she also served as a producer. Again, it's a fictionalized account, so I tried to be as authentic as possible.” They kissed outside the ice cream parlor, at Baskin-Robbins.There was some question as to whether or not the community organizing meeting happened on the first date, or if it just happened early in the courtship but dramatically it worked, so I just put it in. “The trajectory of the date is about 90 percent accurate,” he continued.
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