UPCOMING GWS EVENT: Screening of "Pariah"

October 8, 3pm, Connelly Center Cinema
"Pariah," A Film by Dee Rees (2011)

Introduction: Dr. Katie Grimes, Theology & Religious Studies

Alike is an African-American high-school student who loves poetry. Dreaming of having a girlfriend, she must negotiate her family’s visions of her future with her own ideas about who she is. When she meets Bina, she finds a new friend, and new possibilities open. The film accompanies Alike through a formative piece of her adolescence, sensitively dealing with issues of gender, race, sexuality and religion.

This screening is sponsored by the Faith & Culture Forum/Office for Mission & Ministry, the Department of Theology & Religious Studies and the Gender and Women’s Studies Program.