Southside with You

Aug 26, 2016

1h 20m

★ 5.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

IM Global

Get Lifted Film Co.

Southside with You Trailers

Cast

Barack Obama

Parker Sawyers

Michelle Robinson

Tika Sumpter

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Fraser C. Robinson

Phillip Edward Van Lear

Bernadette

Deanna Reed-Foster

Tommy

Jerod Haynes

Rafiqa

Gabrielle Lott-Rogers

Janice

Taylar Fondren

Curtis

Donn C. Harper

Kyle

Preston Tate Jr.

Nance Residence

Fred Nance Jr.

Bow Tie

Donald Paul

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