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Entertainment
 
Entertainment
  
==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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Filmmaker.  Film  'Pariah', details an African-American lesbian’s coming-out, as well as her struggle with the rigid definitions of butch and femme.  Premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and won several accolades including the John Casavettes Award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards; “Breakthrough Director” at the 2011 IFP Awards; and the GLAAD Media and NAACP Image Awards.
  
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==Further Reading/Research==
  
==Description==
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* http://www.focusfeatures.com/pariah
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* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dee-rees/
  
Filmmaker. Film  'Pariah', details an African-American lesbian’s coming-out, as well as her struggle with the rigid definitions of butch and femme
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Revision as of 17:06, 14 December 2013

Dee Rees

Country

United States

Birth - Death

Occupation

Entertainment

Description

Filmmaker. Film 'Pariah', details an African-American lesbian’s coming-out, as well as her struggle with the rigid definitions of butch and femme. Premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and won several accolades including the John Casavettes Award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards; “Breakthrough Director” at the 2011 IFP Awards; and the GLAAD Media and NAACP Image Awards.

Further Reading/Research


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