![]() ![]() ![]() #TBT /efzM8UHbUF- Southside With You June 30, 2016 See the story behind the Obamas’ first date in #SouthsideWithYou - in theaters August 26. They debate the finer points of Stevie Wonder's discography, for example. The film also takes a fair amount of creative license with their conversations. (Photo by ) Pete Souza / White House via Getty Images President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama together in a freight elevator at an Inaugural Ball, Januin Washington, DC. ![]() WASHINGTON - JANUARY 20: In this handout from the White House, U.S. The film, which beautifully evokes its Windy City setting with sun-drenched cinematography and R&B hits of the era on its soundtrack, touches on some of the Obamas' oft-discussed first date landmarks - they take in a screening of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" and have an awkward run-in with a white co-worker afterwards. He repeatedly disarms her with knowing anecdotes and tantalizing allusions to his complicated feelings towards his dad ("His life is incomplete," Barack says of his late father with his patented detachment mixed with pathos.) He is subtle in his pursuit, assuring Michelle it's not a date "until she says it is". Michelle Obama (née Robinson)- played by Tika Sumpter- sees Barack as "just another smooth talker" and the film takes great pains to establish that she does not want their outing together to be interpreted as a date. ![]() Related: The Life and Times of Michelle Obama Examined in New Biography It's essentially a real-time, two-character tour de force, which has drawn comparisons to director Richard Linklater's acclaimed "Before Sunrise" and its sequels. Back then they were both twenty-something overachievers working at Chicago’s Sidley Austin law firm - she was a dedicated associate and he was her charming, chain-smoking mentee. 'Southside With You," which opens nationwide on Friday, re-creates the future first couple's first date back in 1989. The result: a genuinely romantic film which provides subtle insights into the personas of two figures who are too often labeled unknowable. When writing the film, Tanne tuned out of political news and debates and laser-beam focused on the personal story of the Obamas in the hopes of conveying a relationship which could inspire others. it becomes more than what I signed on for." President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama kiss as they dance during the Commander-In-Chief inaugural ball at the Washington Convention Center during the 57th Presidential Inauguration on Monday, Jan. "I really did set out to make a date movie and it became a lot more because when your characters are Barack and Michelle Obama it becomes a story of Chicago, it becomes the story of a divided city, a story of race in America, art and pop culture. Los Angeles-based State Street Pictures, of the Barbershop franchise, is producing Southside With You.įilming takes place in Chicago throughout July."I went into it with a certain willful ignorance," Tanne told NBC News. The film is directed by Richard Tanne, who also wrote the screenplay. The parts for Michelle Robinson and Barack Obama are played by actress Tika Sumpter ( Get On Up, Ride Along) and actor Parker Sawyers ( Zero Dark Thirty, Survivor). In their first date, he took her on a Chicago journey, from the Art Institute to a screening of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing to an ice cream parlor, where they shared their first kiss. At the time, he was an associate at the law firm where she worked. The film, which is categorized as a "romantic dramedy," centers on the story of the Obamas' first date in 1989 when they were living in Chicago.Ī young Michelle Robinson, as she was known then, initially rejects Obama, but the plot picks up when she finally agrees to go on that first fateful date. The first photos from the Chicago set of the Barack and Michelle Obama movie Southside With You were released Tuesday. ![]()
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