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Very closeted when we made this film,” co-star Clea DuVall tweeted in June 2020. “Countless people over the years have told me how this movie made them feel seen and helped them come out. I want them to know their words and strength did the same for me. Thank you.”Pariah 2011Executive-produced by Spike Lee, Pariah marks acclaimed director Dee Rees debut feature-length film and was adapted from her award-winning 2007 short of the same name. The film stars Adepero Oduye Five Days at Memorial as Alike, a 17 year old from Brooklyn whos eager for her first sexual experience — and to discover what it means to be her whole queer self.From left Aasha Davis and Adepero Oduye in Pariah.


Photo Courtesy Focus FeaturesEverett CollectionAlikes parents played by Charles LOB Directory Parnell and Kim Wayans love their daughter deeply, but mistrust — and fail to really understand — her in the wake of her self-discovery. This raw, tender film captures the difficulty of code-switching — Alike pivots between rising to her church-going parents expectations and frequenting gay nightclubs. A coming-of-age film anchored by a moving, remarkable performance from Oduye, Pariah is  undoubtedly, one of the best queer films on offer. The Handmaiden 2016Based on.





Sarah Waters lauded 2002 novel Fingersmith, this psychological thriller trades Victorian-era Britain for Korea under Japanese colonial rule. Split into three acts, the first third of the film sees a man nicknamed Count Fujiwara Ha Jung-woo devising a plan to marry Japanese heiress Lady Izumi Hideko Kim Min-hee and steal her fortune. To do so, he hires Nam Sook-hee Kim Tae-ri to be Hidekos maid — a position thatll allow her to convince Hideko to marry the Count. Kim Tae-ri in The Handmaiden. Photo Courtesy Amazon StudiosEverett CollectionTheres a lot of