Title: Southside with You
Original Title: Southside with You
Year: 2016
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 80 Minutes (1 hour 20 min)
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Genre: Romance Biography Drama
- Studios: IM Global
- Distributor: Selecta Visión
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: September 30 2016
- United States: June 11 2016
Plot
Biopic about the life of the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. The film focuses during the summer of 1989 in the city of Chicago, when the future president met Michelle, who would become his wife in 1992, and the first lady of the United States when Barack won the presidential elections in 2008. Parker Sawyers is placed in the skin of the first African American president and Tika Sumpter, known for her roles in comedies 'Ride Along', will be responsible for giving life to Michelle Obama.
Its director, Richard Tanne, debuts in the cinema with this romance which is based on real events. The production of the film started in 2007, one before Obama got the presidency of the country.
Cast
Director:
Videos
2:30 November 19 2016
Photos
Trivia
Reals events
According to director Richard Tanne, all of the main events of the film did actually occur on the Obama's first date with the exception of the community meeting which happened at a later date.
Fifteen days
The movie was filmed in fifteen days.
Barack Obama
The first American narrative film to be made about the life of Barack Obama.
Recommended movies and tv shows Southside with You
2012
6.7
2011
7.9
2016
8.3
2011
7.8
2011 - 2019
8.7
2013
6.7
2012
6.6
2011
9