Obamas’ love blooms in ‘Southside With You’
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/24/inside-barack-and-michelle-obama-s-steamy-first-date.htmlPARK CITY, Utah — It’s the sweet, romantic story of a first date — albeit the fictionalized first date of the couple who currently occupy the White House.
The adorable tale of how Barack and Michelle Obama fell in love over a Spike Lee movie and ice cream is already the stuff of White House legend, but at Sundance audiences got a glimpse of a younger, sexier, F-bomb dropping version of the 44th President of the United States.
“Southside With You,” the feature film based on Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson’s first date, debuted Sunday to a packed house at the Sundance Film Festival.
The movie tells the story of a single day in 1989 — the first day that summer associate, Harvard student Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers), spent with his adviser, Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter), a second-year associate with a Chicago corporate law firm. He believes he’s on a date. She believes she’s spending the day with a professional colleague. By the end of a day that moves from The Art Institute of Chicago to a picnic lunch to a community organizing meeting, sharing beers and the then-newly released Spike Lee film “Do the Right Thing,” they’re both on the same page.
