Dear White People
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Justin Simien
Michelle Wong
Dennis Haysbert
Brandon Alter
Brian James
Brittany Elizabeth Curran
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The unexpected election of activist Samantha White 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, son of the university's dean, defies his father's lofty expectations by applying to join the staff of Pastiche, the college's influential humor magazine. Lionel Higgins, 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 tries to use the controversy on campus to carve out a career in reality TV. But no one at Winchester University is prepared for Pastiche's outrageous, ill-conceived annual Halloween party, with its "unleash your inner Negro" theme throwing oil on an already smoldering fire of resentment and misunderstanding. When the party descends into riotous mayhem, everyone must choose a side.
Director
Justin Simien
Cast
Michelle Wong
Dennis Haysbert
Brandon Alter
Brian James
Brittany Elizabeth Curran
Craig Stepp
Courtney Sauls
Baratunde Thurston
Malcolm Barrett
Brandon P Bell
Casey Millard
Keith Myers
Marque Richardson Ii
Naomi Ko
Nia Jervier
Avery Bilz
Justin Dobies
Ashley Blaine Featherson
Tyler James Williams
Teyonah Parris
Jemar Michael
Katie Gaulke
Terry Hempleman
Tessa Thompson
Bryan Porter
Peter Syversten
Kyle Gallner
Clint Bohaty
Crew
Aaron Afre
Stephanie Allain
Cheri Anderson
Richard Anderson
Angela Barrett
Phillip J Bartell
Joni Becker
Kelly Berry
Symone Blomlie
Lynn Blumenthal
Kathryn Bostic
Alex Bringham
Effie T. Brown
Effie T. Brown
Jason Chorba
Pat Clancy
Andrew Clark
Kim Coleman
Nicole Columbie
Erika Conner
Ladonna Craelius
Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Ricky Derr
Traverna Douglas
April Garland
John Griese
Jeremy Gustafson
Jen Haberman
Michael Hallett Arnold
Craig Hanson
Jessica Harrison
Scott Hatcher
Van A. Hayden
Corrin Hodgson
Steven Hoff
Zack Howard
Jahbo Hughes
Elodie Ichter
Christina Igoe
Imani James
Bryon Javar
Nils Jiptner
Ryan S. Johnson
Tiffany Johnson
Bruton Jones
Mel Jones
Lee Jordan
Matthew Kane
Robb Kelly
Frank Ketchum
Steve Kimble
Ann Le
Julia Lebedev
Leonid Lebedev
Curtis Lindersmith
Brandon Lohstreter
Angel Lopez
George Lundquist
Pang Maggart
Chris Malone
Nick Mchenry
Colton Mehrhof
Lowell A. Meyer
Teresa L E Meyer
Katie Milewski
Deesha Miller
Lee Mitchell
Mary Moga
Ian Moreland
Glenn T Morgan
Glenn T Morgan
Matt Muegge
Andrew Mueller
Scott Nabat
Chris Navarro
Ashley Nguyen
Don Nguyen
Jacki O'brien
Topher Osborn
David Parker
Javonta Patton
Christian Popham
Rajiv Sarin
Leonard Schneider
Vitaly Shenderovsky
Justin Simien
Justin Simien
Justin Simien
Joel Sisson
Leo Skudlarek
D. Chris Smith
Ryan Smith
Adrian Sosa
Frederick H Stahly
Jeremy Stapleton
Kimberly Steward
Paul Stewart
Samantha Storch
Elliot Surber
Gary Surber
Chris Taft
Vanessa Toll
Layton Umpleby
Jeff Villars
Lena Waithe
Anne Westcott
Ben Wilkins
Stella Valente Wilkins
Mitchell Williams
Michael Winn
Pete Wong
Elaine R Wood
Raslyn Wooten
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video February 3, 2015
Released in United States 2014
Co-financed through crowdfunding on Indiegogo.
Limited Release in United States October 17, 2014
Released in United States on Video February 3, 2015
Released in United States 2014 (Special Presentations)
Released in United States 2014 (Future Wave/New American Cinema)
Released in United States 2014 (New Directors)
Released in United States 2014 (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
Released in United States 2014
Limited Release in United States October 17, 2014
