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A campus culture war between blacks and whites at a predominantly white school comes to a head when the staff of a humor magazine stages an offensive Halloween party.
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Dear White People adds a welcome new voice to cinema's oft-neglected discussion of race, tackling its timely themes with intelligence, honesty, and gratifyingly sharp wit.

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Shadow and Act Staff Shadow and Act 09/13/2022
It’s remarkable how Simien keeps his film moving at such a breakneck pace, each line a reference to or a commentary on pressing sociological concerns that are rarely spoken about this openly. Go to Full Review Phoebe Robinson Bitch Media 01/22/2021
Despite the chances not taken in terms of storytelling and filmmaking, there are also plenty of reasons to be excited about Dear White People. Simien took what started out as a crowd-funded film and turned it into a pop culture phenomenon. Go to Full Review Jenna Marotta IndieWire 03/31/2020
...the film explores how two members of the same race can have vastly different experiences depending on how dark their skin is, as well as why certain people can say and act one way, but not others. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 08/20/2023
... a sharp, smart, ambitious satire of race, racism, privilege, prejudice, and power at an Ivy League college that has drawn comparisons to Spike Lee. Go to Full Review Katie Smith-Wong Flick Feast 11/20/2019
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Dear White People is sharp, entertaining and probably the coolest film of LFF 2014. Go to Full Review Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) 07/30/2019
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Dear White People deploys a full arsenal of intellectual weaponry to talk about race and much more in a way most can't or won't. It is hilarious. It is brilliant. It is vital. And it's Simien's first outing. More please. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Christopher P @RT24300610 6d Racist propaganda. Imagine if they made a show called "Dear Black People", and it was about white people criticizing black people. "You're not allowed to dress as any white character at our Halloween party, here's a list of acceptable black people you may dress-up as." Are you kidding me? That show wouldn't last 2 hours on Netflix, they'd pull it for being racist. But I guess this one is acceptable because the folks over at Netflix got brainwashed into the foolish and false belief that "you can't be racist without power". WRONG. This media is proof that anyone can be racist regardless of power. Take this quote from the show as an example, "kids are being shot by cops for being black.". Is anyone dumb enough to believe that? That there are cops out there hunting down black children and shooting them for literally no other reason than their skin color? That's never happened even one time. But ig they don't expect their targeted audience to fact check anything. See more Matt M @RT05065497 Mar 30 Pretty much a movie that tries to be a documentary and funny, but being extremely racist at the same time See more Cfunk D @Cfunk2085 Feb 4 The movie wants to be a documentary. It is racial propaganda. It isn't a comedy or drama. It's just an angry messy racist rhetoric. I love comedy movies and racial jokes if done right. But non was there. Even the narrator sounded angry. It isn't even satire. Just judging all white Americans for what a few do. If a white person came out with a title called dear white people it would be called racist immediately and hated by critics. See more Jake W @RT27667306 Aug 12 Horrible movie made for the sole reason of stroking racial tensions See more J K @RT92875432 Jul 23 Intelligent, witty, dry, satire. Well done, Justin Simien, cast, and crew! See more KB B @Okbullard 05/14/2024 It was okay but I'd probably never want to watch it again. Watch if there's nothing else better on. See more Read all reviews
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Justin Simien

Director

Tyler James Williams

Lionel Higgins

Tessa Thompson

Sam White

Kyle Gallner

Kurt Fletcher

Teyonah Parris

Coleandra 'Coco' Conners

Brandon P. Bell

Troy Fairbanks

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Movie Info

Synopsis A campus culture war between blacks and whites at a predominantly white school comes to a head when the staff of a humor magazine stages an offensive Halloween party.
Director
Justin Simien
Producer
Justin Simien, Effie Brown, Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Ann Le, Lena Waithe
Screenwriter
Justin Simien
Distributor
Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Code Red, Duly Noted Inc., Homegrown Pictures
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 17, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.4M
Runtime
1h 46m