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Pariah (2011)
Director:
Dee Rees
Writer:
Dee Rees
Starring:
Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell
"Who do you become when you can't be yourself?"
Seventeen-year-old Alike 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’ already strained marriage is pushed to the breaking point. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity – sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.
Plot summary from IMDb: A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Awards: 13 wins & 30 nominations.
Runtime: 86 min
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