Aug 21, 2016 in southside with you, a 25yearold mrs. This week, tag along as future president barack obama and a young lawyer named michelle go on their first date across chicagos south side. Southside with you looks back on a fateful reallife date with strong. Eight major films and tv series filmed in glasgow glasgow live. Jul 17, 2017 the shooting location of archies house is actually closer to veronicas than it is to bettyseven though theyre supposed to be next door neighbours, the cooper house is filmed all the way in new westminster. Obama first date movie photos show young barack and michelle. Jan 19, 2016 sumpter and sawyers in southside with you sundance film festival the screenplay that tanne wrote was based on both research and conjecture, as is the case with many historical films. You can also make out fraser hwy on the street sign as it pans in. Aug 26, 2016 we filmed this amazing scene that informed why my character acted the way she did, but then it got cut and didnt make any sense.
But until they do, theyre stuck working at renttown. With kristos andrews, santiago douglas, felix delgado, anthony aquilino. That historic summer afternoon is imagined in southside with you, the upcoming film by writerdirector richard tanne that charmed critics at. Writerdirector richard tanne wanted to tell a simple love story. Inspired by barack and michelle obamas first date, southside with you recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm.
Southside film youth initiative is offering a screenwriter the opportunity to have their short screenplay produced by young filmmakers on chicagos south side. The film chronicles the first date of future president barack obama and first lady michelle robinson. Blossom family mansion riverdalecw youre not going to find many sprawling mansions. Obama, then michelle robinson, gets ice cream and a first kiss from the future president. But, those concerns aside, southside with you is a simple film only designed to charm. The drive in scenes from season one are filmed at the langley drive in. In 1992, johnny contributed the song shake em down to the film the mighty ducks. Watch southside with you starring tika sumpter in this drama on directv. Pittsburgh filmed features and series you can stream at home. The movie southside with you is opening in theaters. For all its charms, including a climactic first kiss that comes as a result of barack and michelle sharing some ice cream, the film is a preachingtothechoir celebration of. Southside with you this is the story of barack obama and michelles first date when she was his mentor at his summer job at the law firm, sidley austin in chicago my husbands firm. Southside with you trailer follows the obamas first date. In the late summer of 1989, michelle robinson sumpter, an ambitious attorney has been invited by her colleague, barack obama sawyers to attend a local community meeting.
Nominated for a grand jury prize at the sundance film festival, southside with you was written and directed by richard tanne and john legend served as one of the executive producers. Inspired by barack and michelle obamas first date, southside with you recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a charming young law associate named barack obama parker sawyers tries to woo reluctant attorney michelle robinson tika sumpter during a daylong date that takes them from the art institute of chicago to a screening of spike lees do the right thing to a sweet first kiss. Southside with you 2016 synopsis docudrama about barack obamas first date with michelle robinson, his future wife, during the summer of 1989 in chicago. Inspirert av barack og michelle obamas forste date gjenforteller southside with you en begivenhetsrik sommerdag i 1989. The film chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future president of the united states, barack obama, wooed his future first lady, michelle obama, on a first date across chicagos south side. The key difference is that southside with you has a subtle agenda. Its an engaging reimagining of the obamas first date. Southside with you to debut at sundance chicago tribune. The film stars parker sawyers and tika sumpter as a young barack obama and michelle robinson, respectively, and focuses on the couples first date in 1989. Southside with you where to stream and watch decider. Southside with you is a 2016 romantic dramedy written and directed by richard tanne and starring tika sumpter and parker sawyers. Southside with you chronicles barack and michelle obama.
Southside with you looks back on a fateful reallife date with strong performances and engaging dialogue, adding up to a romance that makes for a pretty good date movie in its own right. I visited the shameless houses and heres why you shouldnt. Shot on location in chicagos englewood neighborhood, the show offers an authentic look into what life on the south side is all about. Unlike that film, however, we already know the ending before the lights go down in the theater. T he representation of us presidents on film has had a patchy history, recently. Southside with you stars tika sumpter and parker sawyers talk lack of pressure playing the first family and malia obama at premiere. Southside johnny performed the theme song for the 1990s television sitcom daves world, a cover of billy joels you may be right. Southside with you is a warm little film, a sweet parting gift to the president and his first lady and to the country as his era comes to a close. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Southside with you is a sweet, romantic film, but one that is layered with intelligence, relationship, and character building.
Riverdale season 2 would not be the same netflix hit it is if its setting did not reflect the grim aura of its story. The representation of us presidents on film has had a patchy history. The first photos of the movie about barack and michelle obamas first date, southside with you, have surfaced online. The soundtrack from southside with you, a 2016 movie, track list, view lyrics, listen to the full soundtrack. The authentic joy of southside with you the new yorker. Its not perfect or powerful, but its really what we need in this circus of an election. Aug 26, 2016 writerdirector richard tannes debut film, southside with you, chronicles the emotional and intellectual courtship of two nowfamous people. Southside with you is the sort of movie that, say, richard linklaters three before movies arentan intimate story that has a reach far greater than its scale, that has stakes. Now john and tika, apart from the love story itself, speaking as producers of the film, if the two of you could choose only one life lesson that you hope viewers take away from watching southside with you, what would it be. Everything you need to know about southside with you movie. With tika sumpter, parker sawyers, vanessa bell calloway, phillip edward van lear. Set in 1989, michelle is a young attorney at a chicago law firm where barack is a summer associate. What barack and michelle obama think about southside with.
Aug 19, 2016 southside with yous filming locations explore the hidden sides of chicago writer and director richard tanne gives ad a behindthescenes view of the reallife locations by elizabeth stam p. Sweet, slight and thuddingly sincere, southside with you is a fictional recreation of barack and michelle obamas first date. The property includes the southside works cinema, the slated venue for our march 22 nd event. Jul 14, 2015 parker sawyers and tika sumpter are playing barack obama and michelle robinson. Southside with you wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Richard tanne, director of southside with you, on barack obamas. The film stars parker sawyers and tika sumpter as a young barack obama and michelle robinson, respectively, and focuses on the couples first date on an evening in 1989. Watch southside with you online stream full movie directv. While, naturally, the dialogue will be mostly fictionalized and some elements will have been dramatized for story purpose, overall, southside with you. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Aug 22, 2016 southside with you may not announce itself as hagiography, but its heroworshipful to its core. At southside, we pride ourselves on love for our students and dedication to seeing them achieve at the highest level possible. Southside with you official trailer hd tika sumpter. Tika sumpter, who plays 25yearold michelle, is pictured in a coral blouse and an offwhite skirt, while parker.
But, because he chose to center his debut film southside with you on president barack obama and first lady michelle. Was there anything in the process that showed you something about city life. Southside with yous filming locations explore the hidden sides of chicago. Filmed more than a year ago, with a premiere at the sundance film festival, southside with you is finally opening to the public eye friday, and its been nothing but a surreal experience. Southside with yous filming locations explore the hidden.
First photos of obama first date movie southside with you. There was no surprise coming as barack explain to michelle his anger towards his father, his upbringing before college, and where he wants his life to go. Aug 26, 2016 southside with you has taken the man ive seen for the past 8 years and put that personality on celluloid accurately to what i already know. Southside with you culminates with the obamas now iconic pit stop at a local baskin robbins, which was mythologized with its own plaque in 2012, and in a way, the ice cream they share is an apt. To quote the 43 rd president of the united states, let me be clear. Tanne drew on the public record and interviews, and. I dont have many, but for me, what i take away from playing michelle, i didnt even know. Chronicles when the future president of the united states of america, barack obama parker sawyers, wooed his future first lady michelle obama tika sumpter on an epic first date across chicagos south side in the summer of 1989. All available british streaming sites, free and paid, to watch southside with you online, with english subtitles, the full film. What barack and michelle obama think about southside with you, the sundance homage to their love story the film premiered on sunday at the film festival. Southside with you trailer reveals obamas first date movie. This week, tag along as future president barack obama and a young lawyer named michelle go on their first date across chicagos south side in. Southside with you is now playing in limited release. The film traces their daylong adventure, from the art institute of chicago to a screening of spike lees do the right thing all the while establishing a vibrant, thoughtful portrait of a worldfamous.
Southside with you chronicles barack and michelle obamas. Like before sunrise, a film which invites comparison, southside with you is a twohander thats topheavy with dialogue, walking and a knowing sense of location. Southside with you 2016 brings that magical encounter to life as it follows barack and michelle on a daylong date that takes them from an art exhibit to a screening of spike lees do the right thing 1989 to an unforgettable first kiss. The theater is closing with uncertain timing and the 2020 film festival has been cancelled. Southside with you is a 2016 american biographical romantic drama film written and directed by richard tanne, in his feature film. Southside johnny eventually relocated to nashville, tennessee, taking a break from the music. Writerdirector richard tanne culled details in the public domain to help ensure his film stuck to the facts. As you may have heard, southside works has been acquired by the real estate investment firm somera road. Inspired by barack and michelle obamas first date, southside with you recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm associate named barack obama parker sawyers tried. In southside with you 2016, which opens nationally aug. Its tenderness, warmth and modesty its a mere 84 minutes long is an all the more a welcome change of pace in this election year. Aug 22, 2016 tika sumpter and parker sawyers star in southside with you, a story about michelle robinson and barack obama filmed in chicago last summer. Features and series filmed in pittsburgh that you can watch for free with a streaming subscription or service.
The berlin wall came down, the world wide web was invented in switzerland, and closer to home, barack obama went on his first date with michelle robinson, a lawyer at the firm where he was a summer associate. Its located just off fraser hwy but the drive in sign is located on fraser hwy with the list of movies playing. Southside with you on dvd december, 2016 starring tika sumpter, parker sawyers. Southside with you may not announce itself as hagiography, but its heroworshipful to its core. South side follows two friends who just graduated from community college and are ready to take over the world. Rent, buy or watch southside with you movie now family video. Dec 02, 2015 southside with you to debut at sundance. I had the honor of attending the industry screening of this film at the famed tribeca cinemas on 22711 as a nonindustry invited guest. Jul 11, 2017 the plot, while straying at times, largely revolves around the gallagher family and their continual struggle with extreme poverty. What is indisputable in southside with you is how that legendary date ended, three years before theyd eventually be married. An interview with executive producer john legend about southside with you, composing the end credits song start for the films closing credits and much more. Inspired by barack and michelle obamas first date, this film recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm associate named barack obama tried to woo lawyer michelle robinson during a daylong date that took them from the art institute of chicago to a screening of spike lees do the right thing to the site of their first kiss outside of an ice cream. The film follows michelle and barack obamas very first date, and shows something we.
For all its charms, including a climactic first kiss that comes as a result of barack and michelle sharing some ice cream, the film is a preachingtothechoir celebration of barack obama and all that he represents. I think this was a great film by john legend and the african american community need more like this. Witty, winning, but sometimes longwinded tale of love. A warm and witty recreation of barack and michelle obamas first date.
Find out where southside with you is streaming, if southside with you is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Apr 28, 2016 the first southside with you trailer reveals the sundance drama that chronicles the first date between president barack obama and michelle in 1983 chicago. Inside the obama first date movie southside with you. Southside with you provides fresh insight into the obamas. Southside with you actors recount playing president, first. Jul 14, 2015 the photos were snapped while southside with you filmed in chicago recently. Southside with you s filming locations explore the hidden sides of chicago writer and director richard tanne gives ad a behindthescenes view of the reallife locations by elizabeth stam p. This movie takes you through one day of the life of a popular, future u. Inspired by barack and michelle obamas first date, southside with you recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm associate. Southside with you had its world premiere at the sundance film festival in january, and it also screened at the san francisco international film festival last week. Southside with you is the story of president barack obama parker sawyer, zero dark thirty and first lady michelle obamas, tika sumpter, get on up first date in her hometown of chicago.
Inevitably, approximately half of the moviegoing electorate will have little interest in southside with you. The film depicts the period of time leading up to the yet unsolved murder of 19 year old robert areizaga jr. The camera is looking northeast with the mount sinai hospital seen in the background. In first date movie southside with you, paintings by. You can tell there is an attraction between the two but michelle is hesitant. Southside with you soundtrack list southside with you. President barack obama parker sawyers and lawyer michelle robinson tika sumpter go on a fateful first date in the summer of 1989. And, if you ever find yourself in the area, you can even visit the iconic shameless house inperson. I really liked this film, even if you couldnt even tell it was filmed in chicago. Southside with you has taken the man ive seen for the past 8 years and put that personality on celluloid accurately to what i already know. Southside is the story of youthful love, first love for michelle lavaughn robinson, 25, a sheltered chitown daughter who is working hard pressing against glass ceilings from a philosophical basement at a prestigious law firm, as she supervises the. Southside with yous filming locations explore the hidden sides of. Tika sumpter on playing the future first lady, michelle obama.
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