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Pariah
Description
The film follows a seventeen-year-old girl- Alike who lives with her parents and younger sister. She has talent for poetry but she is a lesbian which makes her go through the ups and downs to balance her life and her family.
The film follows a seventeen-year-old girl- Alike who lives with her parents and younger sister. She has talent for poetry but she is a lesbian which makes her go through the ups and downs to balance her life and her family.
Actors:
Matt Post,
Michelle Eaddy,
Nadia Gibson,
Shamika Cotton,
Olithea Anglin,
Kinya Shakur,
Lorna Jenkins,
Lindsey Scott,
Ashley Creary,
LaCrown Johnson,
Christopher Kardos,
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Matt Post
Michelle Eaddy
Nadia Gibson
Shamika Cotton
Olithea Anglin
Kinya Shakur
Lorna Jenkins
Lindsey Scott
Ashley Creary
LaCrown Johnson
Christopher Kardos
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Dee Rees
Dee Rees
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#Aasha Davis #Adepero Oduye #Chicken And Egg Pictures #Dee Rees #Kim Wayans #MBK Entertainment #Northstar Pictures #Pariah
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Philadelphia Weekly
May 03, 2015
Such a shame the rest of the picture hews so closely to the stereotypical indie playbook.
June 25, 2012
The uniformly excellent work that Rees coaxes from her entire ensemble elevates her film above the more formulaic coming-of-age beats of her screenplay.
January 20, 2012
You don't have to be black or lesbian or even know someone who's gay to appreciate "Pariah"; you just have to have gone through or be going through the process of growing up.
May 25, 2012
Like Albert Nobbs, Pariah deals with issues of identity and sexuality, though in a vastly different way.
January 13, 2012
If the destination is trite, the journey isn't - it comes with an ample supply of raw honesty.
January 22, 2012
Rees brings a heartfelt connection to the material, based on her own coming-out story, but the film's ingredients aren't the freshest.
January 12, 2012
Rees tells Alike's story in vignettes that are sometimes slapstick, sometimes heartbreaking, always tender.
January 20, 2012
"Pariah" is a small film about a big subject: the struggle to be who you are, not who others would like you to be.
September 15, 2012
Pariah tells an involving story that's both deftly relatable and urgently progressive.
April 29, 2012
...evades the formula for coming-of-age films as it announces the arrival of a fascinating new star in the remarkable Adepero Oduye.
February 17, 2012
The gay coming-of-age story's been done, but "Pariah" has something fresh to say, largely about the knotty complexities of love, and how they might keep someone in the closet: How badly do you need to be free, to hurt the people you love?
June 01, 2012
Displaying an amazing amount of confidence and vulnerability at the same time, Oduye carries the film.
