Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD Release: Southside with You

Digital Release Date: Nov. 29, 2016, Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Dec. 13, 2016
Price: DVD $12.96, Blu-ray $17.89
Studio: Lionsgate/Miramax


The drama-romance Southside with You is inspired by President Barack Obama’s first “date” with the First Lady Michelle Obama (formerly Michelle Robinson).

Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter in Southside with You.

Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter in Southside with You.

On a summer’s day in 1989, a law associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers, Zero Dark Thirty) used all his charms to woo attorney Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter, Ride Along). The day-long date takes them from an art exhibit to a screening of Do the Right Thing to a noteworthy first kiss. Yeah, baby…

Executive produced by musician John Legend (Academy Award winner for Best Original Song in Selma) and written and directed by Richard Tanne, the movie received the Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh rating, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

The Blu-ray and DVD releases both include commentary with writer/director Tanne and original art and animations from the film’s pre-production.

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Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.