Pariah

Pariah

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Lesbian | Identity

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Dee Rees
  • Cast(s): Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 26min
  • Music: Tamar-kali
  • Award(s): John Cassavetes 2012 (Won)
    Grand Jury Prize 2011 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: "Wuthering Heights", 180
  • Story:
    A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
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7.2/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Ratings

7.2/10

IMDb

AWARDS

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Won
John Cassavetes Award

2012 | Dee

(writerdirector) | 2012 | Dee

GLAAD Media Award

Outstanding Film Limited Release | 2012

Image Award

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture | 2012

Black Reel Award

Best Breakthrough Performance | 2012 | Adepero

Audience Award

Best US Feature Film For | 2011 | Dee

Best US Feature Film | 2011 | Dee

Gotham Independent Film Award

Breakthrough Director | 2011 | Dee

AAFCA Award

Best Independent Film | 2011

Breakout Performance | 2011 | Adepero

Cinematography Award

Dramatic | 2011 | Bradford

BFCC Award

Best Director | 2011 | Dee

Best Independent Film | 2011

Best Original Screenplay | 2011 | Dee

National Film Registry Award

National Film Preservation Board | 2022

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Nominations
Grand Jury Prize Award

Dramatic | 2011 | Dee

Black Reel Award

Best Actress | 2012 | Adepero

Best Film | 2012 | Nekisa

Best Ensemble | 2012 | Eyde

Best Breakthrough Performance | 2012 | Kim

Best Director | 2012 | Dee

Best Screenplay Original or Adapted | 2012 | Dee

Outstanding Supporting Actress | 2012 | Kim

Image Award

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Theatrical or Television | 2012 | Dee

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Theatrical or Television | 2012 | Dee

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | 2012 | Kim

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | 2012 | Charles

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | 2012 | Adepero

Outstanding Motion Picture | 2012

EDA Female Focus Award

Best Woman Director | 2012 | Dee

Best Woman Screenwriter | 2012 | Dee

Best Breakthrough Performance | 2012 | Adepero

Chlotrudis Award

Best Supporting Actress | 2012 | Kim

Best Movie | 2012

Best Actress | 2012 | Adepero

Artios Award

Outstanding Achievement in Casting Low Budget Feature DramaComedy | 2012 | Eyde

Independent Spirit Award

Best Female Lead | 2012 | Adepero

Dorian Award

LGBTThemed Film of the Year | 2012

BFCC Award

Best Picture | 2011

ICP Award

Best First Feature | 2011 | Dee

WFCC Award

Best Movie by a Woman | 2011

Best Woman Storyteller | 2011 | Dee

AAFCA Award

Best Picture | 2011

BOX OFFICE

Budget 500,000 USD

Box Office Collection 769,552 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Adepero Oduye was 33 when she portrayed 17 year old Alike.

This film was partially supported by the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, a nonprofit organization that awards grants to female actors, writers, and/or directors of short films, feature films, and documentaries. The foundation was created by Andy Ostroy, the widower of actress, writer, and director Adrienne Shelly, after Shelly was murdered in 2006 at the age of 40.

This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #1,083.

Kristen Graham's debut.

In 2022, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress deeming it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."

Popular Dialogues

"Alike: Heartbreak opens onto the sunrise for even breaking is opening and I am broken, I am open. Broken into the new life without pushing in, open to the possibilities within, pushing out. See the love shine in through my cracks? See the light shine out through me? I am broken, I am open, I am broken open. See the love light shining through me, shining through my cracks, through the gaps. My spirit takes journey, my spirit takes flight, could not have risen otherwise and I am not running, I am choosing. Running is not a choice from the breaking. Breaking is freeing, broken is freedom. I am not broken, I am free."

"Mika: Yeah I like girls. But I LOVE boys."

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Outcome
Outcome

10 Apr 2026