#1083: REES, Dee: Pariah (2011)
REES, Dee (United States)
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Director/Writer
A
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Cassie da Costa.
Commentary
None.
Conversation
Between director Rees and filmmaker and professor Michelle Parkerson.
Cast reunion
Featuring Rees and actors Oduye, Walker, Wayans, Parnell, and Davis, moderated by film scholar Jacqueline Stewart.
Program
On the making of the film, featuring Rees, DP Bradford Young, production designer Inbal Weinberg, producer Nekisa Cooper, and editor Moko Kamitsuna, moderated by Stewart.
Interview
With film scholar Kara Keeling, author of Queer Times, Black Futures.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Pariah (2011)
Spine #1083
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
\The path to living as one's 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 Ree's script and built around a beautifully layered performance from Adepero Oduye, Pariah follows Brooklyn teenager Alike, who is dealing with the emotional minefields of both first love and heartache and the disapproval of her family as she navigates the expression of 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.
86 minutes
Color
Color
5.1 Surround
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2021
Director/Writer
Dee Rees was 34 when she wrote and directed Pariah.
Other Rees films in the Collection:
#1205: Mudbound (2011)
The Film
Other Rees films in the Collection:
#1205: Mudbound (2011)
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Cassie da Costa.
Commentary
None.
Conversation
Between director Rees and filmmaker and professor Michelle Parkerson.
Cast reunion
Featuring Rees and actors Oduye, Walker, Wayans, Parnell, and Davis, moderated by film scholar Jacqueline Stewart.
Program
On the making of the film, featuring Rees, DP Bradford Young, production designer Inbal Weinberg, producer Nekisa Cooper, and editor Moko Kamitsuna, moderated by Stewart.
Interview
With film scholar Kara Keeling, author of Queer Times, Black Futures.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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