Barack Obama
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(98,439 posts)Thanks handmade, I knew nothing about a film being made!
Thanks!
mopinko
(73,928 posts)seeing my home town and my fave first couple in one movie? does it get much better?
sheshe2
(98,439 posts)Wow! Your home town and Michelle and Barack!
mopinko
(73,928 posts)tho i think that lakeside bit was different then. they have slowly replaced giant square rocks w concrete steps. but the bridge they walked is in washington park, i think.
i'll probably have to see it twice, because i will be totally distracted trying to place all the scenery. lol.
hope they get that library built fast. i have a plan to be a docent.
sheshe2
(98,439 posts)I watched the clip several times now. They did a fine job picking the actors!
mopinko
(73,928 posts)i was all ready to not accept other faces, but they did do a good job.
excited to see it.
sheshe2
(98,439 posts)handmade34
(24,054 posts)but this will be delightful!!
sheshe2
(98,439 posts)This one I will. Thanks so much for the heads up!
sheshe2
(98,439 posts)
A movie is being made about President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's romance.
As Deadline reports, Southside With You will tell the story of that fateful summer afternoon in 1989 when the future president meet his first lady. The two were working in a corporate law firm in the south side of Chicago when Michelle, then 25, was assigned to mentor a 27-year-old Barack Obama.
The search is on for an actor to play a young Barack, but Tika Sumpter who most recently appeared in Get on Up has been cast to play a young Michelle.

http://www.people.com/article/southside-with-you-movie-fantasy-cast-obama-family
Sancho
(9,211 posts)Malbrownluna8708
(76 posts)Not playing in my city yet
handmade34
(24,054 posts)
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