Pariah / Focus Features presents ; Northstar Pictures, Inc and Sundial Pictures present, in association with aid + abet, [Chicken & Egg Pictures] and MBK Entertainment, Inc ; written and directed by Dee Rees ; produced by Nekisa Cooper.
Edition:
Director approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 17 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 17 cm)
Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell, Sahra Mellesse, Kim Wayans. Title from screen credits. Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: New conversation between Dee Rees and Michelle Parkerson; new cast reunion featuring Rees and actors Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell, and Aasha Davis, moderated by film scholar Jacqueline Stewart; new program on the making of the film, featuring Rees, cinematographer Bradford Young, production designer Inbal Weinberg, producer Nekisa Cooper, and editor Mako Kamitsuna, moderated by Stewart; new interview with film scholar Kara Keeling, author of Queer Times, Black Futures; on insert, essay by Cassie da Costa.
Summary:
The revelatory and assured feature debut by Dee Rees is a coming-of-age tale of a queer Black women navigating the expression of her gender and sexual identities, built around a beautifully layered performance from Adepero Oduye.
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