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  1. Our review: Parents say ( 3 ): Kids say ( 1 ): PARIAH is brave. Pariah is heart-wrenching. Pariah captures the struggles of girls like Alike eloquently. So there are plenty of reasons to see it. Nevertheless, be prepared for a film that could leave you depressed (it's so intense that it can be exhausting).

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  2. Feb 5, 2021 · Pariah draws the audience in as soon as it starts, beginning with the quote, “Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.” The film is about this and follows Alike as ...

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  3. Jan 4, 2012 · The film is an impressive debut for writer-director Dee Rees. It's said to be somewhat autobiographical. It began as a 2007 short subject, was brought to maturity at a Sundance laboratory, and one of the film's producers is Spike Lee, whose presence in Brooklyn must have been an inspiration for Rees. On a low budget, she takes advantage of the ...

  4. Review: Pariah. By Ina Diane Archer in the November-December 2011 Issue. Adapted by Dee Rees from her award-winning 2007 short, Pariah is one of a handful of contemporary coming-of-age features that depict the transformative experiences of adolescent African-American women. It may be the only recent film that also portrays the coming-out ...

  5. www.metacritic.com › movie › pariahPariah - Metacritic

    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 ...

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    • Dee Rees
    • R
  6. Jun 25, 2021 · Picture 7/10. The Criterion Collection presents Dee Rees’ first feature Pariah on Blu-ray in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc. The film has been given a 1080p/24hz high-definition encode. Criterion appears to be using the same master Universal used for their previous Blu-ray edition (a 2K transfer from the 35mm ...

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  8. Teenage Alike (Adepero Oduye) lives in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood with her parents (Charles Parnell, Kim Wayans) and younger sister (Sahra Mellesse). A lesbian, Alike quietly embraces her ...

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    • Drama, LGBTQ+
    • R
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