Fireworks Logo

Trailers...

  • Ngwato
  • Neon Reef
  • Children of Silver Street Take a Stand (The)
  • Arctic Link
  • Divine Hammer
  • Woman Who Poked the Leopard (The)
  • Dinner (The)
  • Baracoa
  • Blue Boy Trial
  • Uncle Roy
  • Patty Is Such a Girly Name
  • 3 Atos de Moisés
  • Deadloch
  • Ballroom, danser pour exister
  • Bigfoot Woods
  • Beauty and the Beat
  • Mickey
  • At the Place of Ghosts
  • Divine Tragedy (The)
  • Man Walks Down the Street (A)
  • Stop! That! Train!
  • Rosebush Pruning
  • Summer Lost
  • House Was Not Hungry Then (The)
  • Outcome
  • Island Away From You (An)
  • Customer Journey
  • Thirteen Buttons to Heaven
  • Freddie: I Want it All
  • Hunting Wives (The)
  • I Love LA
  • Long Story Short
  • Consequences of Monsters (The)
  • Open Endings
  • Son of Sara: Volume 1
  • Male Gaze: Wild Youth (The)
  • Testament of Ann Lee (The)
  • Vladimir
  • Song Silenced: Coming Out in Christian Music
  • Interior

Pariah

Country: United States, Language: English, 27 mins

  • Director: Dee Rees
  • Writer: Dee Rees
  • Producer: Nekisa Cooper

CGiii Comment

A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Mounting pressure from home, school, and within wears the line between her personas thin with explosive consequences.

This short went on to become a rather major feature.


Trailer...here

Cast & Characters

Maine Anders as Go Go Dancer;
Chante Lewis as Mika's Friend;
Sahra Mellesse as Sharonda;
Adepero Oduye as Alike;
Wendell Pierce as Arthur;
Pernell Walker as Laura;
DeWanda Wise as Mika;
Gameela Wright as Audrey