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Dee Rees’ Drama ‘Pariah’ to Livestream for Pride Month Commemoration

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Dave McNary Film ReporterFocus Features has scheduled a June 29 livestream showing of Dee Rees’ 2011 drama “Pariah” and Q&A with cast members as a Pride Month commemoration.The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the excellence in cinematography award.

Adepero Oduye portrays a 17-year-old woman who lives with her parents, played by Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell, and younger sister (Sahra Mellesse) in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood.

She has a flair for poetry, is a good student at her local high school and is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian.“Pariah” was based on Rees’ 2007 short film of the same name.

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