Pariah (2011)

Released: 2011-12-27 Duration: 1hr 26min

Genres: Drama

Rating 6.8

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Who do you become when you can't be yourself?

Overview

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Production Companies

NorthStar Pictures

Sundial Pictures

Aid + Abet

Additional Info

Budget	$500,000.00
Revenue	$769,552.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	8.23

Directed By

Dee Rees

Crew

Director
Dee Rees

Writer
Dee Rees

Director of Photography
Bradford Young

Editor
Mako Kamitsuna

Casting
Eyde Belasco

Production Design
Inbal Weinberg

Art Direction
Sara K. White

Costume Design
Eniola Dawodu

Executive Producer
Ann Bradley

Producer
Nekisa Cooper

Executive Producer
Douglas Eisenberg

Executive Producer
Wendy Ettinger

Executive Producer
Judith Helfand

Executive Producer
Spike Lee

Executive Producer
Susan Lewis

Executive Producer
Sam Martin

Line Producer
Isaac McGuire

Executive Producer
Jeanine Mclean

Executive Producer
Stefan Nowicki

Executive Producer
Julie Parker Benello

Executive Producer
Matthew J. Simon

Executive Producer
Mary Jane Skalski

Executive Producer
Benjamin Weber

Original Music Composer
Tamar-kali

Assistant Property Master
Emmanuelle Hoessly

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