Marquee Film Festival: Southside With You (2016)
The Wisconsin Union
Event Details
Date
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Time
5:30 p.m.
Location
The Marquee Cinema, Union South
Description
USA | 84 minutes | PG-13 | DCP | Dir. Richard Tanne
Inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama’s 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 Lee’s Do The Right Thing to a sweet first kiss outside of a Baskin-Robbins ice-cream parlor. (Official Site)
“This tender, intimate drama has the grand resonance of a historical epic.” — Richard Brody (The New Yorker)
Inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama’s 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 Lee’s Do The Right Thing to a sweet first kiss outside of a Baskin-Robbins ice-cream parlor. (Official Site)
“This tender, intimate drama has the grand resonance of a historical epic.” — Richard Brody (The New Yorker)
Cost
Free