Pariah (The Short Film)

A Bronx lesbian teenager juggles conflicting identities to please friends and family.

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2009

27 mins

A Bronx lesbian teenager juggles conflicting identities to please friends and family.

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Promotional Stills

A close up image of a Black youth sitting in a bus with their face reflected on the bus window as they peer out into the distance. A harsh white street light obscures their reflection against the dark night background.

A purple-tinged poster of a Black person’s face and her reflection in a bus window. The Sundance laurels in turquoise. Text reads “Pariah” in white, and below that in turquoise, the definition: “[puh-rahy-uh] noun 1. A person without status 2. A rejected member of society 3. An outcast.” Then, the film credits are listed.

Nekisa Cooper

Nekisa Cooper, co-founder of Northstar Pictures, is a 2008 Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellow. She also represented the IFP at the 2009 Cinemart/Rotterdam Producing Lab. For Dee Rees, she produced the short film version of Pariah; the documentary feature Eventual Salvation; the short films Orange Bow (as co-producer) and Colonial Gods.

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