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Justin Simien
Rosario Dawson Joins Haunted Mansion ’s Happy Haunts At the rate they’re casting, they’re gonna need a bigger stretching room.
By Rebecca Alter
trailer mix
Aug. 17, 2021
Dear White People Is Closing Out With a Musical FinaleThe trailer features Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue, Jamiroquai, and more.
By Justin Curto
hurry baaaaack
July 28, 2021
By Rebecca Alter
movie review
Oct. 29, 2020
Bad Hair Fails the Very Audience It Seeks to ReflectIf this movie is the love letter to Black women that its director promises, it’s written with a poison pen.
By Angelica Jade Bastién
emmy insider
July 10, 2020
Dear White People Creator Justin Simien on Netflix, Hollywood, and Black Art“A fire has started, but how long is it going to burn? How far is it going to reach?”
By Ashley Ray-Harris
sundance 2020
Jan. 25, 2020
By Anne Victoria Clark
Dear White People Levels Up in Season TwoIt’s done this by embracing the drama’s essentially rhetorical nature.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
Dear White People ’s Logan Browning Used Criticisms of Sam to Prepare for S2“If you’re looking at my performance and not my character, then sometimes I feel like I’m doing you a disservice.”
By Maria Elena Fernandez
the industry
Aug. 15, 2017
Justin Simien to Direct Horror Satire Called Bad Hair About Evil Autonomous Hair The story of a woman battling impossible beauty standards who ends up with an evil weave.
By Jordan Crucchiola
Netflix Renews Justin Simien’s ‘Dear White People’ for a Second Season Justin Simien’s 2014 film-turned-Netflix series will return for another season. According to The Wrap, the streaming network has officially […]
By Megh Wright
Netflix’s Dear White People Is a Feat It’s superior in almost every way to Justin Simien’s 2014 same-named film.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
good one podcast
Apr. 27, 2017
The Story Behind Dear White People ’s Perfect Scandal Parody Dear White People creator Justin Simien talks about loving Shonda Rhimes, writing satire, and his show’s timeliness.
By Jesse David Fox
dear white people
Apr. 27, 2017
By Dee Lockett
Check Out the Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ Series Justin Simien’s 2014 film Dear White People is headed to Netflix later this month in the form of a TV series adaptation, and today the network […]
By Megh Wright
Netflix Orders a TV Adaptation of Justin Simien’s ‘Dear White People’ Justin Simien’s 2014 film Dear White People is getting a TV adaptation at Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network […]
By Megh Wright
the toughest scene i wrote
Dec. 30, 2014
The Toughest Scene I Wrote: Dear White People ’s Tricky Party-Planning How writer-director Justin Simien tackled the movie’s blackface party.
By Kyle Buchanan
movie reviews
Oct. 18, 2014
Movie Review: Dear White People The film is hilarious, and just about everyone will wince with recognition at some point.
By Bilge Ebiri
Director Justin Simien on Dear White People “In the independent world, anything with a black cast has to be an epic, historical thing with one of the three black actors that mean something overseas.”
By Jesse David Fox
Director Justin Simien Explains Why His Movie Is Called ‘Dear White People’ “We can talk about the myth of reverse racism all day, but I think ultimately I’m a black filmmaker making an independent black film. If I […]
By Megh Wright
Here’s the Official Trailer for Justin Simien’s ‘Dear White People’ After making waves at Sundance, getting funded through Indiegogo, and releasing a teaser trailer last month, filmmaker newcomer Justin Simien’s […]
By Megh Wright
trailer mix
June 19, 2014
Watch the Very Funny Dear White People Trailer It posits that The Gremlins is actually about the suburban white fear of black culture.
By Jesse David Fox
Here’s a Look at Justin Simien’s College Satire ‘Dear White People’ Here’s the concept trailer for Dear White People, a satirical film by newcomer Justin Simien that’s been making waves since winning the Special […]
By Megh Wright
sundance 2014
Jan. 20, 2014
Sundance: Dear White People Gets Their Attention “For all the white people in the audience, on behalf of all the black people in the world, you most definitely have permission to laugh.”
By Jada Yuan