";s:4:"text";s:4088:" An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance. Certificate: PG Directed by Dee Rees.
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations. Synopsis. A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Directed by : Shuvodeep Saha Music by : Debamrita Saha Casts : Souvik Saha, Suvam Das, Gourab Saha, Anirban Podder, Debamrita Saha and others. A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression. Filming took place in and around New York City, predominantly in the Fort Greene neighborhood in Brooklyn. The film around a seventeen year old girl, black and lesbian in an urban neighborhood, that is trying to come of age in a time where she is placed into the rare category of being "a minority within a minority." A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. With the sometimes boisterous support of her best friend, out lesbian Laura (Pernell Walker), Alike is especially eager to find a girlfriend. A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality. The film is a feature-length expansion of writer/director Dee Rees’ award-winning 2007 short film Pariah. I wrote the first draft of the feature script in the summer of 2005, as … Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience. a list of 101 titles At home, her parents’ marriage is strained and there is further tension in the household whenever Alike’s development becomes a topic of discussion. Pariah is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by Dee Rees. At home, her parents’ marriage is strained and there is further tension in the household whenever Alike’s development becomes a topic of discussion. Spike Lee is one of the executive producers. "Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. Pressed by her mother into making the acquaintance of a colleague’s daughter, Bina (Aasha Davis), Alike finds Bina to be unexpectedly refreshing to socialize with.Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity – sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.A world premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, the contemporary drama Adepero Oduye, who had earlier starred in the short film, portrays Alike (pronounced Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. Pressed by her mother into making the acquaintance of a colleague’s daughter, Bina (Aasha Davis), Alike finds Bina to be unexpectedly refreshing to socialize with.Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity – sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.Julie Parker Benello, Judith Helfand, Wendy Ettinger | Check out 'Pariah - Short Film' on Indiegogo. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.