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Southside with You (2016)
Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
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Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
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Genre:Romance, Drama
Directed By:Richard Tanne
Written By:Richard Tanne
In Theaters:8/26/2016
Box Office:$6,628,603
Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:IM Global, Get Lifted Film Co.
Cast
Richard Tanne
Director
Richard Tanne
Director
Parker Sawyers
Barack Obama
Tika Sumpter
Michelle Robinson
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Phillip Edward Van Lear
Fraser C. Robinson
Deanna Reed-Foster
Bernadette
Jerod Haynes
Tommy
Gabrielle Lott-Rogers
Rafiqa
Taylar Fondren
Janice
Donn C. Harper
Curtis
Preston Tate Jr.
Kyle
Fred Nance Jr.
Nance Residence
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