Sundance-winning comedy, with its crosshairs on race and racism in America, following four black students in the midst of a...
Sundance-winning comedy, with its crosshairs on race and racism in America, following four black students in the midst of a racial controversy at their Ivy League college.
"At prestigious Winchester University, biracial student Samantha White begins her radio show, 'Dear White People, the amount of black friends required not to seem racist has just been raised to two. Sorry, your weed man, Tyrone, doesn't count.' Sam becomes president of the all-black residential hall Parker/Armstrong, whose existence is facing extinction in the name of diversification. TV reality show Black Face/White Place smells gold in Sam’s story and decides to follow it...
"The clamor over Sam's rise also becomes a career-defining opportunity for black misfit Lionel Higgins when he is asked to join the school’s lily-white newspaper staff to cover the controversy, even though he secretly knows little about black culture." (Sundance Film Festival)
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91 %134 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
61 %22,630 reviewsAudience score rating
"While it veers toward smugness and self-satisfaction at times, the Spike-Lee-lite exercise nonetheless heralds a fresh and funny new voice on the scene."
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Variety
Variety"Despite some melodramatic moments and an overabundance of characters and incidents, the film smartly pinpoints people's universal need for acceptance and belonging."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"One of the most vibrant, engaging debuts at this year's Sundance Film Festival."
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SBS
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Award winner- Special Jury Prize winner, Sundance Film Festival 2014
- Rating
- 15, strong language, drug use, racial stereotyping
- Runtime
- 106
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- USA
