Director Richard Tanne
Genre Biography | Drama | Romance
Cast Tika Sumpter, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Parker Sawyers, Phillip Edward Van Lear
Rating PG-13
Release Date August 26th, 2016
“Chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago’s South Side.”
The feature-film debut for director Richard Tanne, Southside With You stars Tika Sumpter, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Parker Sawyers, and Phillip Edward Van Lear. According to Tanne, all of the main events of the film actually took place on the first date of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, aside from one event which took place at a later date. Check out the trailer below.