‘Pariah’ Director Dee Rees and Kim Wayans Talk With Colorlines.com
It’s no secret that films that tell stories about people of color have a hard time getting made. Seasoned Oscar-nominated directors like John Singleton, Spike Lee and Gregory Nava have a hard enough time finding investors to back their films, so when Dee Rees decided she wanted to tell a coming of age story about a young, black lesbian, she couldn’t go the traditional route and went as far selling her Brooklyn apartment to raise funds.
Just an FYI to those in the Chicago/Evanston area: Pariah is showing at the Century 12 on Maple Ave. starting tomorrow. I’m going to see it after class
