Pariah In Film

This would make the film geared to teenage girls who has similar situations as Pariah. These identity issues can be of many reasons such as a conservative family or being casted as an outside by the general public. The word Pariah was used strongly at the beginning of the trailer to indicate that the film would be about outcast especially in the black community. Since Alike is both gay and black, these are the two communities that are often overlook in mainstream media.
The trailer gives us an insight about Alike’s experience which can enhance the independent filmmaking of this film. “In independent music and movies, the ideal of separation is most often figured as autonomy, as the artists retain control their creative process. Autonomy is seen as a guarantee of authenticity.” (Newman 19). As this film was geared toward a certain audience, the separation is what allowed it to portray a character that was overlook and possibly an audience that was also underrepresented by mainstream media.
Being produced on a low budget and away from mainstream media influence, allowed Dee Rees to effectively touch on a sensitive subject that affect many teens of all races and not just on the black experience.
This independent filmmaking would change the kinds of teen films we see as it would diverse the subjects among the films. Even when the films would become diverse, it would also tend to be geared towards teens who had the same experience, almost like the case of Pariah, it pertains to a broader type of audience and not just the black community. In her interview Dee Rees confronted this concern by stating that, “No one ever thinks of themselves as a supporting character in anyone else’s lives. You’re your own person and it about