Pariah

E200841
coming-of-age film drama film film independent film

Pariah is a 2011 independent coming-of-age drama film about a Brooklyn teenager embracing her identity as a lesbian, noted for its intimate storytelling and evocative cinematography.

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Label Occurrences
Pariah canonical 5
Pariah (2007 short film) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
awardReceived Sundance Film Festival Excellence in Cinematography Award ⓘ
surface form: Excellence in Cinematography Award (U.S. Dramatic, Sundance 2011)
basedOn Pariah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pariah (2007 short film)

short film by Dee Rees ⓘ
cinematographyAwardedTo Bradford Young ⓘ
cinematographyBy Bradford Young ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive ⓘ
director Dee Rees ⓘ
distributor Focus Features ⓘ
editedBy Mako Kamitsuna ⓘ
genre LGBT-related film ⓘ
coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
lesbian-related film ⓘ
hasSubject African-American LGBT experience ⓘ
mainCharacter Alike ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
musicBy Kathryn Bostic ⓘ
notableFor evocative cinematography ⓘ
intimate storytelling ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays African-American family life ⓘ
premieredAt Sundance Film Festival ⓘ
producer Nekisa Cooper ⓘ
productionCompany Focus Features ⓘ
protagonistGender female ⓘ
protagonistSexualOrientation lesbian ⓘ
releaseYear 2011 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 86 ⓘ
screenplayBy Dee Rees ⓘ
settingCity New York City ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation Brooklyn ⓘ
starred Aasha Davis ⓘ
Adepero Oduye ⓘ
Charles Stewart Parnell ⓘ
surface form: Charles Parnell

Kim Wayans ⓘ
Clifton Powell ⓘ
surface form: Pernell Walker
SundanceSection U.S. Dramatic Competition ⓘ
theme coming out ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
self-acceptance ⓘ
sexual identity ⓘ
writer Dee Rees ⓘ

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Bradford Young → notableWork → Pariah ⓘ
Bradford Young → workedOn → Pariah ⓘ
Pariah → basedOn → Pariah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pariah (2007 short film)
Dee Rees → notableWork → Pariah ⓘ
Dee Rees → directed → Pariah ⓘ
Dee Rees → screenwriterOf → Pariah ⓘ