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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...
| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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[United States] :
Nothstar Pictures,
[2011]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus) |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (87 min.)) : sound, color |
| Audience: | Rating: R; for sexual content and language. |
| Awards: | 2012 Independent Spirit Award; John Cassavetes Award; Official Selection 2011, Sundance Film Festival. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography by Bradford Young ; production design by Inbal Weinberg ; edited by Mako Kamitsuna. |