VOTE FOR PARIAH
We should support this sista! She's doin good work.
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"Pariah is a coming-of-age story about a lesbian teenager who kind of unsuccessfully juggles different identities to please her friends and her family. Basically she gets called out on both, the consequences of which are pretty explosive.
She's a person who, around her openly gay friends, puts on this really butch persona, and around her parents she has to be this feminine girl who she's not. She comes to realize she's neither of those things, and she stops wearing costumes to please other people. It's kind of a personal story for me; I didn't figure out my own sexuality until kind of late in life. When I moved to New York, I was surprised to see all these out-and-proud teenage girls.
When I was 17, A) I didn't even know who I was and B) if I did know, there was no way I'd be out or have the courage to be myself. Pariah is that person: a chameleon who puts on different masks." - Dee Rees
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Location: Bronx, NY
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Comment by bLaKtivist.com - Krys on June 18, 2009 at 5:57pm - Awesome Diane! :) Thanks for checking it out and please share with your folks.
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Comment by diane on June 18, 2009 at 12:40pm - YES , I THINK THIS FILM WILL DO VERY WELL. AND I CAN RELATE TO THAT SITUATION.
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