One of the most provocative films that screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Justin Simien’s Dear White People has gotten distribution. The award-winning film, will open in theaters this fall.
Dear White People follows the stories of four black students at Winchester University, where a riot breaks out over a popular ‘African American’ themed party thrown by a white fraternity. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in ‘post-racial’ America while weaving a universal story of forging one’s unique path in the world.
The winner of the Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Simien’s 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’s School Daze and John Singleton’s Higher Learning.
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The cast includes Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner, Teyonah Parris, Brandon Bell, Malcolm Barrett, Brittany Curran, Justin Dobies, Marque Richardson, Dennis Haysbert, and Peter Syversten.
Dear White People was written and directed by Simien and produced by Effie T. Brown and Julia Lebedev, executive produced by Stephanie Allain and Leonid Lebedev, with Simien, Angel Lopez, Ann Le and Lena Waithe as producers.
Dear White People opens in theaters on October 17, 2014.
Check out a clip from the film below: