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Alike is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. Wondering how much she...

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Corporate Authors: Focus Features, Northstar Pictures, Sundial Pictures, Chicken & Egg Pictures (Firm), MBK Entertainment (Firm), Universal Pictures (Firm)
Other Authors: Rees, Dee (Screenwriter, Director), Cooper, Nekisa (Producer), Oduye, Adepero (Actor), Wayans, Kim (Actor), Davis, Aasha (Actor), Parnell, Charles (Actor), Mellesse, Sahra
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2012]
Series:Focus Features spotlight series.
Subjects:
Gay teenagers > Drama.
African American teenage girls > Drama.
High school students > Drama.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Alike is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. She has a flair for poetry, and is a good student at her local high school. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity--sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward.
Item Description:Videodisc release of the 2011 motion picture.
Special features: Dee Rees: a director's style ; A walk in Brooklyn ; Trying out identity: Pariah's wardrobe.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Audience:Rating: R; for sexual content and language.
Awards:2012 Independent Spirit Award; John Cassavetes Award.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Bradford Young ; editor, Mako Kamitsuna.