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Dear White People

Year:

2015

Duration:

108 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Justin Simien

Awards:

9 wins & 22 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2015-01-15

Filming Locations: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Earnings

Gross: $4,404,154 (USA) (25 January 2015)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kyle Gallner

Tyler James Williams

Lionel Higgins

Tessa Thompson

Sam White

Teyonah Parris

Colandrea 'Coco' Conners

Brandon P Bell

Troy Fairbanks

Brittany Curran

Sofia Fletcher

Justin Dobies

Gabe

Marque Richardson

Reggie

Malcolm Barrett

Helmut West

Dennis Haysbert

Dean Fairbanks

Peter Syvertsen

President Fletcher

Brandon Alter

George

Kate Gaulke

Annie (as Katie Gaulke)

Brian James

Martin

Keith Myers

Mitch

Bryan Daniel Porter

Gordon (as Bryan Porter)

Terry Hempleman

Professor Bodkin

Naomi Ko

Sungmi

Ashley Blaine Featherson

Curls

Jemar Michael

Smoothe

Courtney Sauls

Wild

Casey Millard

Box Office Attendant

Avery Bilz

Sophomore

Baratunde Thurston

Newscaster #1

Craig Stepp

Newscaster #2

Michelle Wong

Newscaster #3

Nia Jervier

Coco's Friend

Randy Baranczyk

Kurt's Attorney (uncredited)

Gregory Bonsignore

Sam's Friend (uncredited)

Mark Christine

Caterer (uncredited)

Bob Cummings

Party Goer

Shawn Davenport

Student (uncredited)

Ross Destiche

College Student (uncredited)

Barry Drones

Party Goer

Armin Habibovich

Kurt's Friend (uncredited)

Alan Holasek

Newbie (uncredited)

Lenne Klingaman

Caterer (uncredited)

Punnavith Koy

Asian Student (uncredited)

Kelly Lavasseur

Rich White Girl (uncredited)

Briana Rose Lee

Student - Party-Goer (uncredited)

Ben Mark

History Student (uncredited)

Kayla Pentico

White Face Character (uncredited)

Daniel Pinder

Party Goer

Joel Thingvall

Professor (uncredited)

July Vang

Asian College Student (uncredited)

Liz Wandersee

Party Goer

Vee Washington

Armstrong Student (uncredited)

Mitchell Williams

Police Officer #1 (uncredited)

Teresa Williams

White Face Character (uncredited)

Annie Zimbel

Waitress (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Producer Lena Waithe and writer/director Justin Simien met in a scriptwriter's group. Despite the fact that the script was over 200 pages long, Waithe was so impressed with Simien's writing that she told him if he could figure out a way to streamline the script she would produce it, despite having never produced a film before.

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The invitation for the party as shown in the trailer is almost verbatim the invitation for a real life party that occurred at the University of California, San Diego, on February 10th, 2010. The synopsis and film take many cues from the UCSD "Compton Cookout," an event run by one African American but attended by UCSD's predominately white and Asian student body. The event itself went fine, but news about it prompted a massive uproar on campus.

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Quotes

Sam White: [to Gabe] You're more Banksy than Barack.

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President Fletcher: [Upon hearing Sam's radio show] Free speech my ass.

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Curls: Do you think there's enough of us?

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