Pariah, from director Dee Rees (Bessie, Mudbound), a queer woman of color, began as a short.
In 2011, Rees made her film about teen Alike coming into her queer identity while clashing with her mother’s religion and homophobia, and it became a festival hit.
Uneasy to watch as Alike (Adepero Oduye) struggles for acceptance in her own home, Pariah is a heartfelt and lyrical coming-of-age story that explores the intersections of gender and sexual identity well before they became a public discourse.
Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell play Alike’s parents while Aasha Davis (South of Nowhere) plays Bina, the young woman she falls for.
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