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Pariah
She changed clothes on the bus every day to be who her mom wanted. Then she decided to stop. 📝
Who it's for
Alike, a 17-year-old in Brooklyn, changes her clothes on the bus home to become the daughter her mother expects, a vivid picture of the exhausting double life many LGBTQ young people lead.
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Feelings it meets
What it is
Pariah is a 2011 drama written and directed by Dee Rees. It follows Alike, a 17-year-old Black teenager in Brooklyn who is slowly embracing her identity as a lesbian, while her devoutly Christian mother objects to her masculine style and her friendship with her openly gay friend Laura.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Homophobia and a parent attacking her child.
Age: R (MPAA)
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken”
