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Sundance Film Festival Follow Up: PARIAH

Article: Sundance Film Festival Follow Up: PARIAH

Posted January 04th, 2012, 11:01 AM by

It’s hard to believe it has been almost a year since PARIAH premiered at Sundance. The Brooklyn based, coming-out story impressed audiences in Park City and is now in theaters (well, theaters in certain cities). It’s the end of an extensive Sundance cycle for writer/director Dee Rees, who premiered a short version of the semi-autobiographical story at the festival back in 2007 and was chosen as a 2008 Sundance Screenwriting & Directing Lab Fellow.

Sundance Film Festival Deals: PARIAH

Article: Sundance Film Festival Deals: PARIAH

Posted January 28th, 2011, 6:01 PM by

Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to PARIAH, Dee Rees’ coming-of-age film about a lesbian teenager in Brooklyn struggling to find her identity and a sense of belonging, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. (The film was executive produced by Spike Lee.) The deal, reportedly under $1 million,…

PARIAH filmmaker starts donation campaign

Article: PARIAH filmmaker starts donation campaign

Posted January 04th, 2011, 10:01 AM by

Dee Rees, Director or PARIAH You might think a young filmmaker talented enough to have her first feature film selected to make its worldwide debut at the Sundance Film Festival would have it made in the shade. But, for Dee Rees, whose PARIAH, a coming-of-age story about a Brooklyn teenager juggling disparate identities in a…

A Sundance Channel Original Documentary : EVENTUAL SALVATION

Article: A Sundance Channel Original Documentary : EVENTUAL SALVATION

Posted October 16th, 2009, 12:10 PM by

Founded in 1847 as a home for former African-American slaves, the West African nation of Liberia has welcomed generations of expatriate Americans fleeing racism. One such immigrant was Earnestine “Amma” Smith, who settled in the capital, Monrovia, in 1958. An educator and landowner, Amma fled her new home during the recent deadly civil wars.

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