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Southside with You

2016 · 80 min

A warm, talky stroll through a city, letting two smart people circle each other with wit and gentle sincerity.

Directed by
Richard Tanne
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Parker Sawyers, Tika Sumpter, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Overview
Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.

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Directed by
Richard Tanne
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Parker Sawyers, Tika Sumpter, Vanessa Bell Calloway
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • ambition
  • race
  • class
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance7
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Parker Sawyers, Tika Sumpter, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear, Deanna Reed-Foster, Jerod Haynes, Gabrielle Lott-Rogers, Taylar Fondren
Music
Stephen James Taylor
Cinematography
Pat Scola
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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