Sundance red carpet photos: John Legend, Parker Sawyers, Tika Sumpter on red carpet for Obama-date dramatization 'Southside With You'

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Bryce Dallas Howard at the premiere of her short film "Solemates" at the Eccles Theatre, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Venessa Bell Calloway, at the premiere of the film "Southside With You," at the Eccles Theatre, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Producers, Robert Teitel, Stuart Ford, Glendon Palmer, and Matt Jackson, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Chelsi Kosarin with Writer/director Richard Tanne at the premiere of his film "Southside With You," at the Eccles Theatre, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Executive producers, Mike Jackson and John Legend on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Chrissy Tiegen, with executive producers, Mike Jackson and John Legend on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Donn Carl Harper, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Chrissy Tiegen, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Parker Sawyers at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre. Sawyers plays Barack Obama in the film "Southside With You," Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Chrissy Tiegen with her husband John Legend, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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John Legend on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Composer Stephen James Taylor, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Bryce Dallas Howard at the premiere of her short film "Solemates" at the Eccles Theatre, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Bryce Dallas Howard at the premiere of her short film "Solemates" at the Eccles Theatre, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune ‎Bryce Dallas Howard at the premiere of her short film "Solemates" at the Eccles Theatre, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Venessa Bell Calloway, at the premiere of the film "Southside With You," at the Eccles Theatre, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Producers, Robert Teitel, Stuart Ford, Glendon Palmer, and Matt Jackson, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Chelsi Kosarin with Writer/director Richard Tanne at the premiere of his film "Southside With You," at the Eccles Theatre, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Executive producers, Mike Jackson and John Legend on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Chrissy Tiegen, with executive producers, Mike Jackson and John Legend on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Donn Carl Harper, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Chrissy Tiegen, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Chrissy Tiegen, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Parker Sawyers at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre. Sawyers plays Barack Obama in the film "Southside With You," Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Chrissy Tiegen with her husband John Legend, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune John Legend on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Composer Stephen James Taylor, on the red carpet for the film "Southside With You," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival premiere in Park City, at the Eccles Theatre, Sunday, January 24, 2016.

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· January 25, 2016 8:42 am

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"Southside With You," writer-director Richard Tanne's dramatization of the epic first date, on Chicago's South Side in 1989, of lawyer Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) and a new summer associate in her law firm, Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers), made its premiere Sunday, Jan. 24, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City. The film is part of the U.S. Dramatic competition.