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Pariah
Why this pick
Its candid, emotionally precise portrait of a Black queer teenager negotiating maternal rejection and personal expression closely echoes The Inspection’s need for acceptance and self-definition.
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MOVIE2022 1h 35m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Ellis French is a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jeremy Pope
Ellis French
Gabrielle Union Wade
Inez French
Bokeem Woodbine
Laws
Raúl Castillo
Rosales
McCaul Lombardi
Harvey
Nicholas Logan
Brooks
Aaron Dominguez
Castro
Eman Esfandi
Ismail