Riese's Team Pick: New Trailer for Pariah

Posted byriese

on June 10, 2011

As you may or may not know, I don't like movies anymore because they suck. But, I'm like obnoxiously excited about Pariah (see also: "Riese's Team Pick: Kickstart Pariah" and Focus Features Picks Up Black Lesbian Film “Pariah,” Loves Gay People) and made a small noise of glee when I saw Focus Features has released the first trailer for the film, which was a hit at Sundance and therefore got picked up by Focus Features as aforementioned which is special because not only is it, reportedly, "wonderful" (-Rolling Stone), but also it's a film about a masculine-of-center African-American homosexual woman, which we don't see very often (if ever) in our Cinematic World of explosions, drunk white guys and vampires.

Also Chelsea from South of Nowhere plays a lesbian and Kim Wayans is in it too! You can read more about the film at their website.

52 responses to “Riese's Team Pick: New Trailer for Pariah”

Lynne (member)
June 10, 2011 at 7:40 pm Permalink Reply Report user

do want!

this looks so good.

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Chloe (member)
June 10, 2011 at 8:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Oh man this looks fantastic.

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Luna (member)
June 10, 2011 at 8:06 pm Permalink Reply Report user

OMG.

OMG.
OMG.

speechless.
and i’m tearing up just by the trailer.
I’m not even religious and I just want to say Hallelujah for this movie.

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1. lyels (member)
  June 10, 2011 at 8:45 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I also teared up from this trailer, IT LOOKS SO GOOD.
  
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Kathryn (member)
June 10, 2011 at 8:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user

this looks fantastic!

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Zen
June 10, 2011 at 8:15 pm Permalink Reply

This trailer left me in tears. I love the poem she’s reading…”I am not broken. I am free.” <3?!?!?!

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1. theflyingdutchwoman (member)
  June 11, 2011 at 4:59 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  can somebody please put that on a tee shirt?
  
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lilyv (member)
June 10, 2011 at 8:22 pm Permalink Reply Report user

i need to see this movie

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kd (member)
June 10, 2011 at 8:29 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I can’t wait to watch this and cry like a hungry angry baby.

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macmac89 (member)
June 10, 2011 at 8:39 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I feel like I’ll be watching my coming out. Oh god.

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1. Avery (member)
  June 10, 2011 at 9:56 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yes yes this. My parents used to talk like that too. Aggh…all of a sudden, a movie I can relate to that isn’t “Ok, now you’re the talking cat and I’m the dog and SHE’S the hamster…do you see it?” “Kinda.”
  
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  1. Toby (member)
    June 11, 2011 at 6:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Did you relate your coming out to “Bolt?”
    
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    1. Avery (member)
      June 12, 2011 at 12:45 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      No, just my life in general, sadly (nice catch, though.)
      
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e (member)
June 10, 2011 at 8:51 pm Permalink Reply Report user

fuck. this one’s going to hurt, maybe.

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1. Po (member)
  June 10, 2011 at 10:04 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  yeah, this
  
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lilyv (member)
June 10, 2011 at 8:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user

there hasn’t been any good movies lately that’s why I decided to visit older international movies. I watching spanish and k-horror movies (I was going to start out with french, but that’s everyone’s first stop). If you’re bored check these out

loliita’s club ( also lots of skin)

abre los ojos/open you’re eyes (original vanilla sky, trust me it is amilliontimesbetter!!) this movie was a life changer, forealsyo!

before the night falls (about reinaldo arena, gay poet and political rebel from cuba)

death bell (mystery murderer killing off high ranking students in a top private school in a twisted attempt test knowledge)

voice (all girls school, people die from papercuts and it’s really crazy and bizzar but good. original)

…anyway, just incase anyone is interested check out the youtube trailers

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1. aliciaasherself (member)
  June 10, 2011 at 11:21 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Netflix? how did you see the movies?
  
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  1. lilyv (member)
    June 11, 2011 at 6:12 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    sundance, amazon, search online (sometimes you can find them on youtube, other than that you will have to dig a little deeper), friends,etc.
    
    i haven’t tried netfilx
    
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2. Lora (member)
  June 11, 2011 at 9:42 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  YES, “Before Night Falls.” Everyone should read the book. Arenas’ sex drive is absolutely astounding (he talks about having sex with trees, chickens, various other animals, cousins, and thousands of men, and it seems like he’s not the only one in Cuba doing that). Also, it’s just a great story.
  
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samiam (member)
June 10, 2011 at 9:09 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Yes.

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christine (member)
June 10, 2011 at 9:29 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Can’t wait to see this, wow.

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Lydia
June 10, 2011 at 9:46 pm Permalink Reply

Focus Features?? Holla. I’ve been waiting so long to see Pariah…

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ingrid (member)
June 10, 2011 at 9:58 pm Permalink Reply Report user

“and I am not running, I am choosing”. I wish I could say that about my life

this looks beautiful

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kd15 (member)
June 10, 2011 at 10:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Somehow I misread the last sentence of the first paragraph and couldn’t figure out how the hell they had shoehorned vampires into the movie.

On a more serious note, this looks like it’s going to be an incredible movie.

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1. jifener25 (member)
  June 10, 2011 at 11:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  every movie has to have vampires in it to make it nowadays.
  
  shoot, next season of glee, mercedes finds out sam is really a vampire. kinda makes sense, actually.
  
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  1. Ava (member)
    June 11, 2011 at 10:55 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    That would probably be better than most of the plots they will actually have on Glee next season.
    
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allie (member)
June 10, 2011 at 10:27 pm Permalink Reply Report user

yikes. i am totally gonna see this.

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terracottatoes (member)
June 10, 2011 at 11:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user

this looks fucking incredible, i will see it in the cinema and cry like a baby for sure

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radiogirl (member)
June 11, 2011 at 12:19 am Permalink Reply Report user

Oh gosh I want to see this. Yes please.

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Carmen SanDiego (member)
June 11, 2011 at 12:31 am Permalink Reply Report user

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1. Carmen SanDiego (member)
  June 11, 2011 at 12:33 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  And by that I mean I will see it the on the 1st day
  
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  1. riese (member)
    June 11, 2011 at 1:29 am Permalink Reply
    
    camen sandiego you just made me laugh more than i have all day
    
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Sweet (member)
June 11, 2011 at 4:24 am Permalink Reply Report user

This looks seriously good.

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tom_ato (member)
June 11, 2011 at 5:28 am Permalink Reply Report user

Wow, that’s the first trailer to really grab me in ages. I hope there’s some sort of release in the UK (even if it’s limited, i’ll hunt it down).

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Elly
June 11, 2011 at 5:50 am Permalink Reply

I need to see this so much! I hope it becomes available online because the liklihood of it getting to my country is slim to nil, looks amazing though!

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Laura (member)
June 11, 2011 at 5:54 am Permalink Reply

does this mean it comes out at the next sundance festival in 2012? i can’t wait that long!

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karmalaluna (member)
June 11, 2011 at 6:16 am Permalink Reply Report user

This trailer almost made me cry when I first saw it! I can not wait for this because it looks powerful. And I’m glad to finally see a movie about a masculine- identified African -American woman. We need more films like this.

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Ri ("ree") (member)
June 11, 2011 at 6:49 am Permalink Reply Report user

I am so excited for this. Good lord, my eyeliner is gonna run.

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Amanda (member)
June 11, 2011 at 8:20 am Permalink Reply Report user

I was reading about the costume design, and this quote sums up my life perfectly.

“So her character starts out with a lot of browns, tans, and a drab earthy color palette with a “baggy” fit and then transitions to brighter, more pastel colors with a “tighter” fit toward the end when she’s free. Her wardrobe is designed so that she’s literally a cocooned butterfly breaking free.”

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bookbound (member)
June 11, 2011 at 11:32 am Permalink Reply Report user

I am so excited for this movie, I would seriously take the bus trip to New York to see it if it shows there. Fuck Ilene Chaiken, Showtime and Focus and co. need to be making more shows/movies like this. This looks more “real” than an entire season of the “Real L-word”.

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Caitlin (member)
June 11, 2011 at 11:57 am Permalink Reply Report user

Oh, I want to see this movie so bad! Maybe it will come to Mexico?

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msamanda (member)
June 11, 2011 at 5:29 pm Permalink Reply Report user

i saw this when it showed at MOMA in april because riese had mentioned it before. The crowd loved it. Definitely worth seeing, I really hope it goes far.

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Paper0Flowers (member)
June 11, 2011 at 7:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user

This looks so good! I’m super excited even though I know I’ll have to wait until it’s released on DVD to see it.

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Lilith (member)
June 12, 2011 at 3:32 am Permalink Reply Report user

I’m going to go and see this if it’s released in the UK, and if it’s not I am buying the DVD and hosting a showing at my goddamn house. And I am going to cry the entire way through. Because that is just how I roll when it comes to truthful, non-exploitative lesbian cinema. FIGHT THE POWER etc etc.

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magiclovemuffin (member)
June 12, 2011 at 10:43 am Permalink Reply Report user

That trailer looks really good.

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Ava (member)
June 12, 2011 at 11:17 am Permalink Reply Report user

This looks like an amazing film, definitely going on my “to see” list.

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Sebastian (member)
June 12, 2011 at 11:55 am Permalink Reply Report user

“our Cinematic World of explosions, drunk white guys and vampires”

lol

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SuperNaye (member)
June 12, 2011 at 2:10 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I need this movie out. Now. It looks too good.

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Beez (member)
June 12, 2011 at 7:10 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I don’t have the attention span to watch movies. I will watch this movie.

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1. Lydia
  June 13, 2011 at 5:29 am Permalink Reply
  
  this.
  
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Lizz (member)
June 13, 2011 at 6:43 am Permalink Reply Report user

Adepero Oduye is a double extra mega hotty. Win.

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Tristan (member)
June 13, 2011 at 12:58 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Filing this under “Must See”.

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