Southside With You is one of the biopic movies not to miss this September as it chronicles the first date between Barack Obama and the woman who would go on to be his First Lady.
Southside With You
Based on true events, Southside With You sees Richard Tanne in the director's chair as he makes his feature film directorial debut with the movie. As well as being in the director's chair, Tanne has also penned the film's screenplay.
Every year we are introduced to new filmmakers and Tanne is one to keep an eye on over the next couple of years… I am looking forward to seeing what he delivers with this new film.
Southside With You will hit the big screen at the end of September and we have the brand new UK trailer as well as a handful of images for you to take a look at:
Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter take on the central roles of Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson and are joined on the cast list by Taylor Fondren, Preston Tate Jr, and Angel Knight.
Southside With You follows the story of the charming first-year law associate Barack Obama (Sawyers), as he takes reluctant attorney Michelle Robinson (Sumpter) on a daylong trip in and around Chicago's South Side in 1989.
Michelle, a career-oriented, Ivy League-educated attorney and the only black woman at her firm, has her guard up against even a whiff of perceived impropriety. The last thing she wants is for her superiors to judge the firm's two African-American colleagues for unprofessional behaviour. Barack agrees in theory, but his profound attraction to Michelle trumps caution. And he's self-confident enough to believe he can remain professional and capture her heart at the same time.
Although the pair have no inkling they will someday make history together, their date marks the first spark of romance between the future first couple, making this sweet and inspiring love story all the more poignant.
Southside With You is released 30th September.