1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd, col. ; 4 3/4 in

Title from container

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014

Special features: The making of Dear white people; Audio commentary; Music video; Dear white people: PSA shorts

Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, Brandon P. Bell, Kyle Gallner, Dennis Haysbert

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

Home use only

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A

DVD, widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Digital

English and Spanish dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles

African American college students -- Fiction

College students, White -- Fiction

College students -- United States -- Fiction

College radio stations -- Fiction

Interracial friendship -- Fiction

Comedy films

Feature films

Videodiscs

Simien, Justin, film director, screenwriter

Williams, Tyler James, 1992-

Thompson, Tessa, 1983-

Parris, Teyonah, actor

Bell, Brandon P., actor

Gallner, Kyle, actor

Lions Gate Films

Entertainment One (Firm : Canada)

0774212111488

774212111488

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