Dear White People R
A satire about being a Black face in a white place.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 3, 2015
- Originally Released: 2014
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Brandon Bell, Teyonah Parris & Dennis Haysbert | |
Performer: | Kyle Gallner, Brittany Curran, Malcolm Barrett & Peter Syvertsen | |
Directed by | Justin Simien | |
Edited by | Phillip Bartell | |
Screenplay by | Justin Simien |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
The best moments get to the heart of Simien's thesis that what is supposed to be post-racial America isn't all that much different from what came before.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
3.5 stars out of 4 -- Simien’s screenplay is tight, funny, smart and insightful, and his direction has just enough indie feel without becoming too self-conscious or preachy.
Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 4/5 --
Simien presents a refreshingly vibrant and genuinely hilarious discourse about contemporary racism.
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CineVue
Perhaps the best thing Dear White People will do, like Go Fish before it, is to become a gateway for films and television in the same vein.
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Bitch Flicks
Rating: 3/5 --
As enjoyable and refreshing as it is, there's a certain bite lacking in the delivery.
Little White Lies
Rating: 4/5 --
Here's a film that refreshingly acknowledges various elephants in cinema's crowded living room: racism, the interracial sex taboo and class war.
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Guardian
3.5 stars out of 5 -- The fun is nonstop, the cast is top-tier, and Simien is a talent to watch.
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
A satirical portrait of race relations in early 21st-century America, writer/director Justin Simien's playfully perceptive feature debut tells the story of a biracial Winchester University student whose controversial radio show sparks a media frenzy of epic proportions. When Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) begins her radio program by declaring that white people will now be required to have two black friends in order to avoid appearing racist (and that drug dealers don't count), she immediately catches the attention of the all-black residential hall that is being forced out of existence due to diversification. Subsequently elected president of the hall, Samantha becomes the subject of a reality show that deals with racial issues. Meanwhile, the Winchester University's all-white student newspaper staff mistakenly assumes that young black outcast Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams) is an expert on black culture, and recruits him to report on the brewing controversy.
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- Sales Rank: 51,413
- UPC: 031398209546
- Shipping Weight: 0.18/lbs (approx)
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