Pariah Dee Rees [videorecording]=

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Dee Rees

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Summary language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: United States Chicken And Egg Pictures MBK Entertainment Northstar Pictures 2011Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inLOC classification:

PN1997 .P375 2011

Summary: From case cover: Kim Wayans, Adepero Oduye, Aashe Davis and Charles Parnell star in Dee Rees's inspiring film that critics hail is "Vibrantly alive! Potently moving and heartfelt!" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone)l Seventeen-year-old Alike (pronounced ah-lee-kay) lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is quietly embracing her identity as a lesbian. But whenever Alike's development becomes a topic of discussion at home, her parents' already strained marriage is pushed to the breaking point. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity- sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-D: DVD Cabinet D	PN1997 .P375 2011	Available	English audio. Optional French and Spanish subtitles. Optional English subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing.		002261

From case cover:
Kim Wayans, Adepero Oduye, Aashe Davis and Charles Parnell star in Dee Rees's inspiring film that critics hail is "Vibrantly alive! Potently moving and heartfelt!" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone)l Seventeen-year-old Alike (pronounced ah-lee-kay) lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is quietly embracing her identity as a lesbian. But whenever Alike's development becomes a topic of discussion at home, her parents' already strained marriage is pushed to the breaking point. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity- sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Region 1; 4:3 fullscreen.

English audio. Optional French and Spanish subtitles. Optional English subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing.

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