Southside with You, 2016. Directed by Richard Tanne. Starring Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway and Phillip Edward Van Lear. SYNOPSIS: On a summer’s day in 1989, Barack Obama took Michelle Robinson on what turned out to be their first date across Chicago’s South Side. One that included an art exhibition, live music, a […]
Movie Review – Southside with You (2016)
Southside With You, 2016. Directed by Richard Tanne. Starring Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers. SYNOPSIS: An invitation to a community meeting turns into a first date for Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson. Regardless of logic, there’s always a disconnect that exists between figures of influence and the idea that they were once regular people, with regular lives. Southside with […]
