
Pariah(2011)
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.



Queen Latifah
Bessie Smith

Mo'Nique
Ma Rainey

Mike Epps
Richard

Tika Sumpter
Lucille

Michael Kenneth Williams
Jack Gee

Charles S. Dutton
William 'Pa' Rainey

Bryan Greenberg
John Hammond

Oliver Platt
Carl Van Vechten

Khandi Alexander
Viola

Tory Kittles
Clarence
Bessie is a drama, music, tv movie film released in 2015 exploring themes of blues, lgbt, woman director, black lgbt, lesbian. Directed by Dee Rees, it stars Queen Latifah, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps. The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
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