{"id":70125,"date":"2014-10-14T07:45:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T07:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/10\/14\/dear-white-people\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:56:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:56:47","slug":"dear-white-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/dear-white-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear White People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear White People<\/strong>
\n\"Dear<\/a><\/p>\n

Release Date:\u00a0October 17, 2014 (limited)
\nDistributor:\u00a0Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
\nDirector:\u00a0Justin Simien
\nScreenwriter:\u00a0Justin Simien
\nProducers: Effie T. Brown, Ann Le, Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Lena Waithe
\nExecutive Producers: Stephanie Allain-Bray, Leonid Lebedev
\nCinematographer: Topher Osborn
\nProduction Designer: Bruton Jones
\nEditor: Phillip Bartell
\nCostume Designer: Toye Adepipe
\nCast:\u00a0Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, Brandon P. Bell, Kyle Gallner, Malcolm Barrett, Brittany Curran, Marque Richardson, Dennis Haysbert
\nGenre:\u00a0Comedy
\nMPAA Rating:\u00a0R (for language, sexual content and drug use)
\nOfficial Website:\u00a0DearWhitePeoplemovie.com<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Winner of the Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at this year\u2019s Sundance Film Festival, Simien\u2019s debut feature is a satirical look at campus life and racial politics at a fictional Ivy League college, and pays homage to such groundbreaking films as Spike Lee\u2019s School Daze and Robert Townsend\u2019s Hollywood Shuffle.<\/p>\n

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The unexpected election of activist Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) as head of a traditionally black residence hall sets up a college campus culture war that challenges conventional notions of what it means to be black. While Sam leverages her notoriety as host of the provocative and polarizing radio show \u201cDear White People\u201d to try to prevent the college from diversifying Armstrong Parker House, outgoing head-of-house Troy Fairbanks (Brandon P. Bell), son of the university\u2019s dean (Dennis Haysbert), defies his father\u2019s lofty expectations by applying to join the staff of Pastiche, the college\u2019s influential humor magazine. Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), an Afro-sporting sci-fi geek, is recruited by the otherwise all-white student newspaper to go undercover and write about black culture\u2014a subject he knows little about\u2014while the aggressively assimilated Coco Conners (Teyonah Parris) tries to use the controversy on campus to carve out a career in reality TV.<\/p>\n

But no one at Winchester University is prepared for Pastiche\u2019s outrageous, ill-conceived annual Halloween party, with its \u201cunleash your inner Negro\u201d theme throwing oil on an already smoldering fire of resentment and misunderstanding. When the party descends into riotous mayhem, everyone must choose a side.<\/p>\n

Official Trailer<\/strong><\/p>\n