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IMDb rating 7.2
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Critic rating 6

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Critic Scott Tobias
rated 6

...the film sensitively captures the added difficulties of a teenager pursuing love for the first time while having to keep that pursuit a secret.

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Cast & Crew

Dee Rees
Director
Dee Rees
Writer
Rob Morgan
As Sock
Adepero Oduye
As Alike
Kim Wayans
As Audrey
Tamar-kali
As Tamar-kali

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Alike, a 17-year-old African American girl, navigates her way through adolescence while struggling with her sexual identity. Living in Brooklyn with her strict parents and younger sister, Alike faces challenges as she begins to embrace her lesbian identity. She finds solace in her poetry and support from her father, but her relationship with her mother becomes strained as she refuses to conform to traditional gender roles. Alike's journey takes her through first love, heartbreak, and self-discovery, leading her to make a bold decision that will change her life forever.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Pariah include The Pursuit of Happyness, Moneyball, The Judge, The Ron Clark Story, The Help, Electricity.

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Pariah was released in theaters on December 28, 2011.