Review of Pariah (2011) by Eric H — 05 Jul 2015

Pariah by Dee Rees: What a movie!! Powerful and Painful! Loving and Free! These closing words by the main character (Alike Freeman, eloquently played by Adepero Oduye), say it all:

Heartbreak opens onto the sunrise.

For even breaking is opening.

And I am broken.

I'm open.

Broken to the new light without,.

Pushing in.

Open to the possibilities within,.

Pushing out.

See the love shine in through my cracks.

See the light shine out through me.

I am broken!

I am open!

I'm broken, open!

See the love light shining through me:

Shining through my cracks; through the gaps.

My spirit takes journey.

My spirit takes flight.

Cannot have risen otherwise.

And I am not running;.

I am choosing.

Running is not a choice, from the breaking.

Breaking is freeing.

Broken is freedom.

I am not broken.

I am free!