'Southside With You' Provides Fresh Insight Into the Obamas
'Southside With You' Provides Fresh Insight Into the Obamas
by ADAM HOWARD
Writer-director Richard Tanne wanted to tell a simple love story.
But, because he chose to center his debut film — "Southside With You" — on President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, the tale wasn't so simple.
"I went into it with a certain willful ignorance," Tanne told NBC News. "I really did set out to make a date movie and it became a lot more because when your characters are Barack and Michelle Obama it becomes a story of Chicago, it becomes the story of a divided city, a story of race in America, art and pop culture ... it becomes more than what I signed on for."
When writing the film Tanne tuned out of political news and debates and laser-beam focused on the personal story of the Obamas in the hopes of conveying a relationship which could inspire others.
READ MORE: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/souths...
by ADAM HOWARD
Writer-director Richard Tanne wanted to tell a simple love story.
But, because he chose to center his debut film — "Southside With You" — on President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, the tale wasn't so simple.
"I went into it with a certain willful ignorance," Tanne told NBC News. "I really did set out to make a date movie and it became a lot more because when your characters are Barack and Michelle Obama it becomes a story of Chicago, it becomes the story of a divided city, a story of race in America, art and pop culture ... it becomes more than what I signed on for."
When writing the film Tanne tuned out of political news and debates and laser-beam focused on the personal story of the Obamas in the hopes of conveying a relationship which could inspire others.
READ MORE: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/souths...
