A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
12-27-2011
1h 26m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Dee Rees
Writer:
Dee Rees
Production:
NorthStar Pictures, Sundial Pictures, Aid + Abet
Revenue:
$769,552
Budget:
$500,000
Key Crew
Director of Photography:
Bradford Young
Executive Producer:
Julie Parker Benello
Executive Producer:
Wendy Ettinger
Executive Producer:
Stefan Nowicki
Casting:
Eyde Belasco
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Adepero Oduye
Adepero Oduye hails from Brooklyn, New York City by way of Nigeria. She is a graduate of Cornell University; and has studied acting with Wynn Handman, Austin Pendleton, and Susan Batson. Her name is pronounced "Add-eh-pair-o Oh-due-yay."
Her theatre credits include Danai Gurira's play Eclipsed, at the Yale Repertory Theatre; The Bluest Eye, at the Hartford Stage and Long Wharf Theatres; and Fela!, in the AEA workshop, directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones.
Ms. Oduye first starred for writer/director Dee Rees as Alike in the award-winning short film Pariah. Among the other shorts that she has starred in are Gabriele Zamparini's Water; Russell Costanzo's The Tested; and Nadiah Hamzah's Sub Rosa.
Pernell Walker (born September 19, 1980) is an American actress known for her impactful performances in film, television, and theater. Hailing from the South Bronx, Walker earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from City College and a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School. Walker first garnered attention with her breakout role as Laura in Pariah (2011), an award-winning Focus Features film directed by Dee Rees. Her performance earned critical acclaim and established her as a compelling presence in independent cinema. She further showcased her versatility with roles in television series such as The Deuce (2017–2019), where she portrayed Ruby "Thunder Thighs," and City on a Hill (2021–2022), in which she played Grace Campbell.
Her Off-Broadway debut came with the world premiere of SEED (2011), and she has participated in stage readings like Accept/Except, directed by Tony and Emmy Award-winning George Faison. Her stage performances, including roles in Singin' Wid a Sword in Ma Hand and Post Prison Playdate, reflect her commitment to powerful storytelling across mediums.
Walker’s television credits include notable appearances in When They See Us (2019), directed by Ava DuVernay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2018), and Dietland (2018). She has also appeared in films like Lost Cat Corona (2017) and Ambition’s Debt (2017). In recent years, her work has continued to expand, with roles in the Netflix series Ripley (2024) and the feature film Weekend in Taipei (2024).
Charles Parnell (born October 26, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for being the second actor to portray Police Chief Derek Frye on All My Children, the role of Master Chief Russ Jeter on the TNT show The Last Ship, and the role of Solomon "Warlock" Bates in Top Gun: Maverick.
Parnell took over the role of Frye on All My Children, previously played by actor William Christian. He joined the cast of the show on September 8, 2005, and made his final appearance on September 24, 2007. Parnell also provides the voice of Jefferson Twilight on Cartoon Network's The Venture Bros.
Kim N. Wayans is an American actress, comedian, producer, writer, and director. Wayans is the sister of Keenen Ivory, Damon Sr., Marlon, Shawn, and Nadia Wayans. She is best known for her numerous roles on the Fox sketch comedy show In Living Color, and Tonia Harris on In the House.
In film she appeared in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (both directed by her brother Keenen) and had a starring role in the art film Talking About Sex and later co-starred in Juwanna Mann as Latisha Jansen. She starred with her siblings on the Fox variety show In Living Color and A Low Down Dirty Shame.
Her other television work includes regular appearances on the sitcom In the House with LL Cool J and a recurring role on A Different World. Recently, she has worked as a story editor on her brother Damon's sitcom My Wife and Kids. In 2008, she co wrote a series of children's books with her husband Kevin Knotts, entitled Amy Hodgepodge, about a multiracial girl adjusting to life in public school after years of homeschooling.
In December 2011, she got a chance to showcase her dramatic chops with a supporting role as a mother who struggles to understand her seventeen-year-old daughter in Pariah. She was nominated (alongside co star Pernell Walker) for Best Supporting Actress at the 2012 Black Reel Awards but lost to Octavia Spencer for The Help.
Zabryna Guevara (born January 12, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Melania Ortiz in 3 lbs and Sarah Essen in Gotham. Guevara is also a theatrical actress and in 2013 held the role of Yazmin in the award-winning Quiara Alegría Hudes play Water by the Spoonful at Second Stage Theater. She is of mixed Hispanic and Black descent.
Zabryna Guevara was born January 12, 1972. Her first role was in Law & Order as Lucita in 1997. Also in 1997, she starred in the film, The Hotel Manor Inn, as Denise. Guevara would then guest star in 2 episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2002 and 2005 as Annie Colon and Julia Ortiz, respectively. She would guest star in Law & Order again as Salma in 2003. In 2006, Guevara starred in the series 3 lbs as Melania Ortiz. In 2013, held the role of Yazmin in the award-winning Quiara Alegría Hudes play Water by the Spoonful at Second Stage Theater. In 2014, she landed the role of Trask's secretary in the film X-Men: Days of Future Past. Also in 2014, Guevara landed the role of Sarah Essen in Gotham. She is set to appear in the Marvel Studios Disney+ TV show Daredevil: Born Again.
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Rob Morgan is an American actor known for his role as Turk Barrett in the Netflix series Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, and The Punisher, and Hap Jackson in Mudbound. He is the only actor to appear in all six of Marvel's Netflix television series.
He grew up in Houston, went to college in New Orleans (it can be done) and now lives in New York City. As a kid, Joey began singing at church, school talent shows, and family functions. Never shy and always ready to "perform" for whoever would pay attention, he always wanted to be an actor. His dad passed along the family musical gene and with that Joey was offered a vocal scholarship to Loyola University in New Orleans after graduating from high school. After many choral concerts, vocal recitals, and Mardi Gras', Joey set his sights on Manhattan where he attended a musical theater academy and went on to pay his dues in regional theatre and bus and truck tours. Joey decided to focus more on his acting and landed a manager and then a commercial agent and finally booked his first VO gig as a rapper. His work spans from voice overs to commercials, to stage, to film, and television. Making his family oh so proud by playing every antagonist under the sun, he works and lives in NYC.
Natalie Carter is an actress & neo-ethnic Soul / Jazz vocalist who has performed Jazz, Blues, Gospel and Brazilian Jazz nationally and internationally.
Stephanie Lee Andujar is an American actress, Born and raised in Manhattan, New York, USA on July 15, 1986. Stephanie Andujar began performing at the age of 12. While growing up in the Chelsea Housing Projects, Stephanie's parents put her into an after school program that would change the course of her life. Starring in theater performances from "The Wiz", "The Crucible", "The Good Woman of Setzuan", to television and film including: Blue Bloods (2010), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), the Academy Award winning film Precious (2009), and Marjorie Prime (2017). While embarking on her acting career, Stephanie also obtained her Business Degree at Pace University in New York City. Stephanie's standout performance can be seen in Netflix's Orange Is the New Black (2013), as the Young Miss Rosa. "Stephanie Andujar, who plays Young Rosa, is mesmerizing, and I want her to star in a prequel spin-off called Portrait of the Prisoner as a Young Bank Robber" -Entertainment Weekly, Hillary Busis. In 2016, Stephanie formed Andujar Productions with her family and has since produced and starred in a comedy series StephA: One Woman Show (2016), along with Musical Performances with songs "Baila Conmigo" and "Me Encanta". Stephanie's authenticity shines with each performance given.
