Pariah (2011)

Directed by

Dee Rees

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 166 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 17-year-old Black teenager named Alike navigates her identity as a lesbian while growing up in Brooklyn. The story follows her experiences with family and friends as she learns to embrace who she is.

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What happens

Pariah is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by Dee Rees. It tells the story of Alike (Adepero Oduye), a 17-year-old Black teenager embracing her identity as a lesbian. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Excellence in Cinematography Award. Hollywood Reporter critics picked it as one of the 50 best films since 2000. In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant", making it the first narrative feature from the 2010s chosen for induction by the registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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