Rent Pariah (2011)
3.7 of 5 from 56 ratings
1h 26min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
The path to living as ones authentic self is paved with trials and tribulations in this revelatory, assured feature debut by Dee Rees - the all-too-rare coming-of-age tale to honestly represent the experiences of queer Black women. Grounded in the fine-grained specificity and deft characterizations of Rees's script and built around a beautifully layered performance from Adepero Oduye, 'Pariah' follows Brooklyn teenager Alike (Adepero Oduye), who is navigating the emotional minefields of first love and heartache and the disapproval of her family as she expresses her gender and sexual identities within a system that does not make space for them. Achieving an aching intimacy with its subject through the expressive cinematography of Bradford Young, this deeply felt portrait finds strength in vulnerability and liberation in letting go. - Actors:
- Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, Aasha Davis, Pernell Walker, Charles Parnell, Sahra Mellesse, Shamika Cotton, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Afton Williamson, Zabryna Guevara, Kim Sykes, Rob Morgan, Nina Daniels, Jeremie Harris, Chanté Lewis, Olithea Anglin, Joey Auzenne, Jason DarkChocolate Dyer, Loren Lillian, Kymbali Craig
- Directors:
- Dee Rees
- Producers:
- Nekisa Cooper
- Writers:
- Dee Rees
- Others:
- Dee Rees, Bradford Young
- Genres:
- Drama, Lesbian & Gay
- Awards:
2011 Sundance Film Festival Excellence In Cinematography Award Dramatic
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/07/2021
- Run Time:
- 86 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New conversation between director Dee Rees and filmmaker and professor Michelle Parkerson
- New cast reunion featuring Rees and actors Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell, and Aasha Davis, moderated by film scholar Jacqueline Stewart
- New program on the making of the film, featuring Rees, cinematographer Bradford Young, production designer Inbal Weinberg, producer Nekisa Cooper, and editor Mako Kamitsuna, moderated by Stewart
- New interview with film scholar Kara Keeling, author of Queer Times, Black Futures
