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Trailer of date movie based on the first not-a-date-date of POTUS and FLOTUS 'Southside with You' released
Updated : Apr 30, 2016, 12:28 PM IST
The movie follows the first date between Barack and Michelle Obama.
Southside with You is a biopic that provides the backstory to the very first not-a-date-date between the young Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson, who would go on to become the famous POTUS and FLOTUS. The movie, written and directed by Richard Tanne, was first screened at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Obama and Michelle are played by Parker Sawyers, known for his work on Zero Dark Thirty, Survivor and The Ryan Initiative, and Tika Sumpter from Gossip Girl, Sparkle, and The Haves and the Have Nots, among others.
Southside with You will be released in theaters on August 19, 2016.