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Dear White People
A campus culture war between Blacks and whites at a predominantly white Ivy League college comes to a head when the staff of a satirical magazine stages an offensive Halloween party.
2014 · Directed by Justin Simien · 108 min · Comedy · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 1 frames
Tagline
A satire about being a Black face in a white place.
Plot
Samantha White, a media arts major at the fictional Winchester University, causes a stir at the prestigious and predominantly white school by criticizing white people and the racist transgressions at Winchester in her sharp-tongued, witty radio show Dear White People and her self-published book, Ebony and Ivy. Tensions rise when Sam runs to become head of house of Armstrong-Parker, the historically black house on campus. She is opposed by Troy Fairbanks, an ex-boyfriend who harbors dreams of being a comedic writer, but who is pressed by his father, the school's dean, to become a lawyer, to not give white people a chance to profile him, and to give nothing less than his best. Coco is trying to persuade a reality TV producer to do a show on her, but he would prefer to highlight the light-skinned Sam. Lionel Higgins, a black gay student, gets a chance to find his place at Winchester by being recruited by the school's most prestigious student newspaper to write a piece on Sam and the black experience at Winchester. When Kurt, a white student and son of the school's president, and his club throw a blackface party in response to Sam's outspoken show, black students appear at the party, and a brawl ensues.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Justin Simien
- Cinematography: Topher Osborn
- Edited by: Phillip J. Bartell
- Music: Kathryn Bostic
- Production design: Bruton Jones
- Produced by: Justin Simien, Ann Le, Angel Lopez, Lena Waithe
Cast
- Tyler James Williams as Lionel Higgins
- Tessa Thompson as Samantha White
- Kyle Gallner as Kurt Fletcher
- Teyonah Parris as Colandrea 'Coco' Conners
- Brandon P Bell as Troy Fairbanks
- Brittany Curran as Sophie Fletcher
- Justin Dobies as Gabe
- Marque Richardson as Reggie
- Malcolm Barrett as Helmut West
- Dennis Haysbert as Dean Fairbanks
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Homegrown Pictures, Duly Noted, Code Red, Roadside Attractions
- Budget: $1,300,000
- Box office: $5,403,771
- Themes: controversy, satire, lgbt, political correctness, blackface, black lgbt, free speech, post-racial america, race relations, independent film
On this film
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