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Pariah
Please note: Pariah begins at 10pm, not 9:30pm as stated in the printed version of the FilmColumbia flyer.
Spike Lee executive produced this film about an adolescent girl growing up in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood, who discovers that she likes other girls more than boys. Needless to say, her sexual orientation is not entirely embraced by her parents. The film perfectly captures their ambivalence towards their so far closeted daughter, and likewise limns the pain of coming out in a homophobic culture, not only for her, but for her parents. Their relationship, already strained, is tested further by their daughter's determined search for a partner. The picture was developed from director/writer Dee Rees's award winning 2007 short film of the same name. Cinematographer Bradford Young won the Excellence in Cinematography Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Played the Toronto Film Festival.
James Schamus, Hillsdale resident and head of Focus Features which distributes the film will be on hand to introduce it.
"A coming-out/coming-of-age story set in a world few moviegoers will have seen, Pariah offers themes and conflicts ...with a crisp restraint that avoids preciousness." --John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
"What audiences expect from this butterfly awakening song they'll get in spades." --Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. Boxoffice Magazine
"You may be able to take true independent gay cinema off life support now... Sundance Film Festival opening night selection "Pariah" [was] shot on a shoestring budget. Dee Rees' impressive drama proves there is a lot of powerful gay stories to be told in fresh and moving ways." --Gregory Ellwood, Hitfix
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LocationCrandell Theatre (View)
48 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037
United States
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