Dear White People
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- Release Date
- October 17, 2014
- Director
- Justin Simien
- Cast
- Tyler James Williams , Tessa Thompson , Teyonah Parris , Brandon P Bell , Kyle Gallner , Dennis Haysbert
- Runtime
- 108
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Justin Simien
- Tagline
- A satire about being a Black face in a white place.
- Website
- http://dearwhitepeoplemovie.com
Summary
The unexpected election of activist Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) as head of a traditionally black residence hall sets up a college campus culture war that challenges conventional notions of what it means to be black. While Sam leverages her notoriety as host of the provocative and polarizing radio show “Dear White People” to try to prevent the college from diversifying Armstrong Parker House, outgoing head-of-house Troy Fairbanks (Brandon P. Bell), son of the university’s dean (Dennis Haysbert), defies his father’s lofty expectations by applying to join the staff of Pastiche, the college’s influential humor magazine. Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), an Afro-sporting sci-fi geek, is recruited by the otherwise all-white student newspaper to go undercover and write about black culture—a subject he knows little about—while the aggressively assimilated Coco Conners (Teyonah Parris) tries to use the controversy on campus to carve out a career in reality TV.
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