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Pariah
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Produced: 2011
Director(s): Dee Rees
Starring: Aasha Davis, Adepero Oduye, Afton Williamson, Kim Wayans
Language: English/Closed Captions
Length: 87 min.
Rating: R
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From acclaimed out writer-director Dee Rees! The Sundance hit film, PARIAH follows a 17-year-old African American butch lesbian torn between the demands of her conservative family and the comfort of community among her friends in the outside world. As groundbreaking as it is entertaining, PARIAH is a must-see lesbian drama.

Adepero Oduye portrays Alike (pronounced ah-lee-kay) who lives with her parents Audrey and Arthur (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell) and younger sister Sharonda (Sahra Mellesse) 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 (Pernell Walker), Alike is especially eager to find a girlfriend. At home, her parents’ marriage is strained and there is further tension in the household whenever Alike’s development becomes a topic of discussion. Pressed by her mother into making the acquaintance of a colleague’s daughter, Bina (Aasha Davis), Alike finds Bina to be unexpectedly refreshing to socialize with.

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.