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/By HOLDEN Don’t be put off by the harsh title of “Pariah,” the stirring coming-out story of a virginal 29-year-old African-American lesbian living in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. The teenager, Beautiful housewives wants dating Tampa Florida Alike (pronounced ah- -), dresses like a boy when out of her parents’ sight and endures a fair share of barbed, homophobic remarks, but she is not viciously persecuted. An A student in high school and a gifted writer, Alike (Adepero Oduye) knows who she is and is eager to have her first lesbian experience. In one of the strongest scenes, she persuades her best friend, (Pernell -), to buy a strap-on dildo for her, which Alike then finds too uncomfortable to wear under her clothes at a local women’s dance club. Her 26-year-old sister, (Sahra Mellesse), is more amused than shocked when she barges into the room as Alike is trying it on. This semi-autobiographical film, written and directed by Rees, is a full-length elaboration of a short by Ms. Rees and has some of the same cast members. At its heart is an incandescent performance by Ms. Oduye, who captures the jagged mood swings of late adolescence with a wonderfully spontaneous fluency. Ms. Oduye conveys not only the intelligence and power of a woman who is bursting out of her chrysalis like the butterfly she describes in the poetry she writes in a journal, but also the vestigial shyness of a bright, sheltered in the throes of self-discovery. “Pariah” is an acutely observed examination of strait-laced parents trying to deny a child’s homosexuality while all the time knowing better. When brings up the subject of sex, the girls’ father, (- Parnell), a stern detective, warns her only half-jokingly that she can’t have it for 10 years. Go to: //