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Aug 19, 2019 · Dee Rees’ profound coming-of-age drama Pariah is as much about clothing as it is anything else. The 2011 Sundance hit is a sharp look at coming out within a community that is often ignored in queer cinema. It’s honest, beautifully made, challenging, and ultimately a soaring tale of personal triumph and acceptance.
Jul 2, 2012 · Pariah, my absolute favorite film of 2011, tackles that question. Written and directed by Dee Rees and produced by Nekisa Cooper, the powerful, award-winning Pariah tells the story of Alike (Adepero Oduye in an astounding performance), a 17-year-old black lesbian in Brooklyn. Studious, artistic and sensitive, Alike is a writer who knows who she ...
Dec 27, 2011 · Directed by Dee Rees. Drama. R. 1h 26m. By Stephen Holden. Dec. 27, 2011. Don’t be put off by the harsh title of “Pariah,” the stirring coming-out story of a virginal 17-year-old African ...
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Dec 28, 2011 · Pariah ‘s unique milieu is most apparent in how Rees’ movie seems unconcerned with white people. Her cinematic eye rarely leaves the faces of its subjects, let alone the Brooklyn neighborhood ...
Kim Wayans, Adepero Oduye, Aasha Davis and Charles Parnell star in Dee Rees's inspiring film that critics hail is "Vibrantly alive! Potently moving and heartfelt!" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone). Seventeen-year-old Alike (pronounced ah-lee-kay) lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is quietly embracing her identity as a lesbian. But whenever Alike's development becomes a topic of discussion at home, her parents ...
Dec 28, 2011 · Adepero Oduye, who had earlier starred in the short film, portrays Alike (pronounced ah-lee-kay), a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents Audrey and Arthur and younger sister Sharonda in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. With the sometimes boisterous support of her best friend, out lesbian Laura, Alike is especially eager to ...
Dec 25, 2011 · By Nelson George. Dec. 23, 2011. EARLY in Dee Rees’s film “Pariah” it journeys into a Brooklyn strip club where scantily clad young black women gyrate to a sexy, foul-mouthed rap song ...
