• Director(s)

    Dee Rees

  • Production Year

    2011

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    86m

  • Cast

    Adepero Oduye, Aasha Davis, Kim Wayans

Film

Pariah (2011)

strong language, sex references, discrimination, domestic abuse

PARIAH is a drama in which a teenage girl struggles to keep her sexuality secret from her disapproving parents.…

PARIAH is a drama in which a teenage girl struggles to keep her sexuality secret from her disapproving parents.

violence
During an argument, a woman responds to her daughter announcing she is a lesbian by knocking her to the ground. The girl sustains a small wound.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'pussy', 'bitch', 'slut', 'shit', 'dick', 'ass' and 'crap'.
sex
There are strong verbal references to oral sex in song lyrics which occur during a scene that takes place in a strip club, where a pole dancer performs onstage in a bikini. In another sequence, a teenage girl acquires and tries on a strap-on dildo in preparation for a date.
discrimination
In one scene, a man harasses a woman in a shop, addressing her rudely and asking personal and crude questions about her sexuality and her sex life. He also calls her a 'he she dyke'. A woman calls her teenage daughter a 'nasty ass stinking dyke' in another scene.
additional issues
In one scene, people smoke joints.

  • Director(s)

    Dee Rees

  • Production Year

    2011

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    86m

  • Cast

    Adepero Oduye, Aasha Davis, Kim Wayans

strong language, sex references, discrimination, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
12/07/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
violence
During an argument, a woman responds to her daughter announcing she is a lesbian by knocking her to the ground. The girl sustains a small wound.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'pussy', 'bitch', 'slut', 'shit', 'dick', 'ass' and 'crap'.
sex
There are strong verbal references to oral sex in song lyrics which occur during a scene that takes place in a strip club, where a pole dancer performs onstage in a bikini. In another sequence, a teenage girl acquires and tries on a strap-on dildo in preparation for a date.
discrimination
In one scene, a man harasses a woman in a shop, addressing her rudely and asking personal and crude questions about her sexuality and her sex life. He also calls her a 'he she dyke'. A woman calls her teenage daughter a 'nasty ass stinking dyke' in another scene.
additional issues
In one scene, people smoke joints.
Classified Date:
12/07/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
12/07/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
12/07/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
12/07/2021
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

  • Classified date

    12/07/2021

  • Language

    English