Lionsgate Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Justin Simien's comedy
Dear White People (2014), starring Tyler James Williams, Kyle Gallner, Dennis Haysbert, Tessa Thompson, and Teyonah Parris. The release will be available for purchase on February 3, 2015.
Loosely based on Simien's own experiences as an undergraduate at a predominantly white university, Dear White People is "a smart, hilarious satire of the Obama age" (Indiewire) and is "the very definition of a conversation-starter" (Los Angeles Times). The provocative subject matter found a voice on Twitter when Simien launched a guerilla marketing campaign and set up a @DearWhitePeople Twitter feed that actually served as a voice for his main character in the film, Sam White. With word of mouth and social media, the guerilla marketing campaign went viral with a concept trailer on YouTube which eventually led the film to be successfully crowdfunded on Indiegogo.
A hilarious and thought-provoking satire about race relations, Dear White Peopleis the story of an eclectic group of black students trying to navigate a predominantly white Ivy League school. Dealing with the college's traditions and cliques is hard enough. But after a sequence of events including a controversial student election, an out-of-control party and the arrival of a reality TV producer, once-quiet Winchester University becomes a hotbed of conflict.
Special Features:
- "The Making of Dear White People" featurette
- "Get Your Life" Music Video (Extended Version) by Caught a Ghost
- Deleted Scenes
- Outtakes
- Racism Insurance Skits
- The More You Know About Black People (a PSA Web Series)
- DVRS App: Black Friends When You Need Them
- LEAKED: Banned Winchester U Diversity
- Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Justin Simien, and Cast Tessa Thompson, Tyler James Williams, Teyonah Parris and Brandon Bell (Blu-ray/DVD Exclusive)
- Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Justin Simien (Blu-ray/DVD Exclusive)