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1) Pariah
Series
Criterion collection volume 1083
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm)
Description
The revelatory and assured feature debut by Dee Rees is a coming-of-age tale of a queer Black woman from Brooklyn navigating the expression of her gender and sexual identities, built around a beautifully layered performance from Adepero Oduye.
2) Precious
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain,...
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