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Summary One summer afternoon in 1989, a young law firm associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tried to woo lawyer Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a daylong date that took them from the Art Institute of Chicago to a screening of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing to the site of their first kiss outside of an ice cream parlor.

Directed By: Richard Tanne

Written By: Richard Tanne

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Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 42 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 42 User Ratings
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Summary One summer afternoon in 1989, a young law firm associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tried to woo lawyer Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a daylong date that took them from the Art Institute of Chicago to a screening of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing to the site of their first kiss outside of an ice cream parlor.

Directed By: Richard Tanne

Written By: Richard Tanne

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Generally Favorable Based on 42 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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14% Mixed
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21% Mixed
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26% Negative
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Production Company Fermion Films, Get Lifted Film Company, IM Global, Ingenious Media
Release Date Aug 26, 2016
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline In the Summer of 1989, One First Date would Change History
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
3 Nominations
Gotham Awards
2 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
2 Nominations