Pariah (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pariah |
| Original title | Pariah |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dee Rees |
| script | Dee Rees |
| production | Nekisa Cooper |
| camera | Bradford Young |
| cut | Mako Kamitsuna |
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Pariah is an American art-house drama by Dee Rees that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2011 and was released in limited American theaters on December 28 of the same year. The film, which is based on the director's short film of the same name, is about a young person who is beginning to accept her homosexuality . The production was not shown in German cinemas, but was first seen on television on February 27, 2013.
action
Alike, a 17-year-old African American , lives in New York with her parents Arthur and Audrey . She spends a lot of time with her openly lesbian friend Laura, the two of whom regularly go to clubs in the big city. Alike slowly realizes that she is also attracted to women. She is more masculine, a so-called butch , and therefore likes to wear loose clothing and men's underwear. Audrey dislikes both her daughter's choice of clothes and her friendship with Laura. Sensing her daughter's homosexuality, Audrey forces Alike to wear feminine clothes and to befriend Bina, whom she knows from church. Alike has a better relationship with her father, who works as a police officer , as he sees her dress style and her friendship with Laura more loosely than with his wife.
Alike begins to develop feelings for Bina and spends more time with her than with Laura, which openly upsets the latter. Problems are looming at her home as well: Her parents often quarrel because Arthur regularly comes home late from work. Arthur, which his wife displeases, also doesn't worry about his daughter and claims that she is only going through one phase. He defends Alike from his wife, but advises her to avoid a certain area where there is a lesbian bar, because it is not safe.
After attending an alternative rock concert together, Alike accompanies Bina home. When the two of them are in Bina's room, Alike begins to stroke and kiss her . Alike is shy at first because she has not had any experiences like this before, but after a while she returns Bina's caresses and stays with her friend. In the morning Alike asks Bina in which direction their relationship should develop. Bina replies that there is no relationship, that she is "not really a lesbian", that her advances were only of a playful nature. When she asks Alike not to tell anyone about their encounter in the room, Alike goes home upset and cries for hours there.
Meanwhile, her parents argue about Alike's behavior. When Alike notices this, she wants to intervene, although her younger sister Sharonda advises against it. When she comes out to Audrey and Arthur, her mother gets angry and hits her, Arthur finally manages to prevent Alike from getting worse. Alike flees to Laura, who comforts her, the two make up again. While Audrey pretends the incident never happened, Arthur goes to Laura's house. He apologizes for his wife's behavior and tries to convince Alike to come back home, because "things will soon change" there. She refuses and tells him that she is planning to move to California to attend college there, she also tells him that she is not running away, but that she is making a decision.
Before she leaves, Alike also wants to make up with Audrey. However, her daughter cannot accept this and tells her that she will pray for her . While Alike is driving west, she reads a poem she has written about not running away, but making a decision.
production
Pariah was initially a short film and Rees' graduation thesis at the film school . It was published in 2007 and received mostly positive reviews. Rees then decided to rewrite Pariah in a feature film. Financing the production turned out to be difficult at first, but eventually she was able to win several donors, including Spike Lee , for whom she worked as an intern during her student days and who co-financed the film as executive producer .
The film premiered on January 20, 2011 at the Sundance Film Festival . On September 12, 2011 it was seen at the Toronto International Film Festival before it came to a few select US cinemas on December 28, 2011. Finally, it was shown at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 7, 2012 . In Germany, the film was neither released in cinemas nor on DVD, but was broadcast for the first time on television on February 27, 2013.
Pariah is partly autobiographical , according to Rees , as her parents reacted negatively to her coming out. In an interview on Coming Out Day 2011, Rees reported that they sent her several emails , postcards, and Bible verses explaining their attitudes towards their daughter's sexuality.
reception
Age rating
In the USA, the film received an R-Rating, i.e. a release from the age of 17.
Reviews
On Rotten Tomatoes, 94 percent of the critics rated Pariah positively, the average critic rating is 7.8 out of ten points. Users also rated it positively with 82 percent, with an average rating of 3.9 out of five points.
AO Scott from The New York Times praised the play of the leading actress and newcomer Adepero Oduye as the "thrill of discovery", and Pariah also wanted to stimulate thought and convey a message, but above all to create an "individual, meaningful and emotional universe".
Lisa Schwartzman, an editor of Entertainment Weekly magazine , said with her “fearless and striking” debut, Dee Rees made it clear with “simplicity and verve that there is no substitute for authenticity”.
In the Journal of Lesbian Studies , Nancy Kang compared the film with the works of Audre Lorde , especially with her autobiography Zami: a New Spelling of my name . Both are examples of the few works in which the experiences of young, lesbian Afro-American women are reported authentically and with depth.
On a list of the 102 best lesbian films published by the web magazine AutoStraddle , which is aimed at LGBT women, Pariah was ranked sixth.
Awards
In 2011 Dee Rees won a Gotham Award in the Breakthrough Director category , in the same year the film itself received the Freedom of Expression Award from the National Board of Review , and Bradford Young was named Best Cinematographer at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2012, Adepero Oduye won the Black Reel Award in the Best Breakthrough Performance category . In the same year Pariah received the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit Awards , the film also won a GLAAD Media Award in the category Outstanding Film - Limited Release and an Image Award for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture .
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Alike | Adepero Oduye | Malika Bayerwaltes |
| Bina | Aasha Davis | |
| Arthur | Charles Parnell | Torben Liebrecht |
| Audrey | Kim Wayans | Susanne von Medvey |
| Laura | Pernell Walker | Sophie Rogall |
| Sharonda | Sahra Mellesse | Kathrin Hanak |
Web links
- Pariah in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pariah in the program of the Sundance Film Festival (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deenah Vollmer: How Dee Rees Built a Cocoon. In: Interview Magazine. December 15, 2011, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Nelson George: New Directors Flesh Out Black America, All of It. In: The New York Times. December 23, 2011, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ^ Peter Knegt: TIFF List 2011: A Complete Guide To The Toronto International Film Festival. In: Indiewire. September 12, 2011, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Amita Swadhin: GLAAD Interviews 'Pariah' Director Dee Rees. In: GLAAD. December 29, 2011, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Jorge Rivas: 'Pariah' Film Director Dee Rees Talks About Coming Out Queer. In: Color Lines. October 18, 2011, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ^ Pariah. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
- ^ AO Scott: Modest Methods, Big Ambitions. In: The New York Times. March 22, 2011, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ^ Lisa Schwartzman: Pariah. In: Entertainment Weekly. January 9, 2012, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Nancy Kang: Audre's daughter: Black lesbian steganography in Dee Rees' Pariah and Audre Lorde's Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. In: Taylor and Francis Online. February 25, 2016, accessed December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ The 100 Best Lesbian, Queer & Bisexual Movies Of All Time. In: AutoStraddle. February 11, 2018, accessed December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Georg Szalai: Gotham Awards 2011: 'Tree of Life,' 'Beginners' Tie for Best Feature. In: The Hollywood Reporter. November 28, 2011, accessed December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ 2011 Award Winners. In: National Board of Review. 2011, accessed December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ 2011 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards. In: Sundance.org. January 30, 2011, accessed December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Jay Fernandez: Indie Spirit Awards 2012: Complete Winners List. In: The Hollywood Reporter. February 25, 2012, accessed December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Marcus Brock: Video: Russell Simmons & LaLa Anthony Present Award to Pariah at the #glaadawards in NYC. In: GLAAD. March 26, 2012, accessed December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Olivia Allin: OTRC: NAACP Image Awards 2012: Full list of winners. In: abc February 7 , 2012, accessed December 8, 2018 .
- ↑ German synchronous index | Movies | Pariah. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .