Before the fist bump felt around the world, or before Malia and Sasha were ever a thought, America could not conceive an African American First Family until a first date took place.

Southside With You, written and directed by Richard Tanne brings to the screen that pivotal moment in 1989 when a young man working as a summer associate at a law firm on the South Side of Chicago worked up the nerve to ask an accomplished young attorney out on a date.

The film, starring Tika Sumpter as Michelle Robinson and Parker Sawyers as Barack Obama, documents the early courtship of the dynamic couple that would become known as the 44th President of the United States and his First Lady.

“I was only ever looking to tell the story of the first date. And I think that, in order to just capture that moment in time, it was important to take into account everything in their lives only up until that point. Because to consider the events that came after would almost be somehow winking or nodding at what was to come. And I just wanted to make this about that one moment in time,” Tanne told Yahoo Movies.

Southside with You premieres at Sundance Film Festival this Sunday, January 24.

Take a look at the clip from the film.

So where did the Obamas go on their first date? To the movies to see Do the Right Thing.