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Pariah's Dee Rees, Adepero Oduye and Kim Wayans on No More Down Low TV: Video

Pariah's Dee Rees, Adepero Oduye and Kim Wayans on No More Down Low TV: Video

Pariah’s out director Dee Rees and star Adepero Oduye were treated to some of the best press ever when Golden Globe winner for The Iron Lady, Meryl Streep, gave Pariah and it’s leading lady a shout out in her acceptance speech. Rees, Oduye and Kim Wayans, who plays the mom struggling with her daughter Alike’s coming out in the film, recently chatted with No More Down Low TV’s Janora McDuffie. Some of you may recognize McDuffie from her recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy as the social worker handling Meredith and Derek’s adoption case.

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Pariah’s out director Dee Rees and star Adepero Oduye were treated to some of the best press ever when Golden Globe winner for The Iron Lady, Meryl Streep, gave Pariah and it’s leading lady a shout out in her acceptance speech.

That moment has not gone unnoticed and now the film, about a 17-year-old Brooklyn girl coming out in a homophobic household, is getting more and more recognition and even a bit of Oscar buzz!

Rees, Oduye and Kim Wayans, who plays the mom struggling with her daughter Alike’s coming out in the film, recently chatted with No More Down Low TV’s Janora McDuffie. Some of you may recognize McDuffie from her recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy as the social worker handling Meredith and Derek’s adoption case.

Here’s McDuffie with Rees, Oduye and Wayans.

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Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.