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Synopsis: Teenage Alike (Adepero Oduye) lives in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood with her parents (Charles Parnell, Kim Wayans) and younger sister (Sahra Mellesse). A lesbian, Alike quietly embraces her identity and is looking for her first lover, but she wonders how much she can truly confide in her family, especially with her parents' marriage already strained. When Alike's mother presses her to befriend a colleague's daughter (Aasha Davis), Alike finds the gal to be a pleasant companion.
Genre: Drama
Production: Focus Features
  15 wins & 28 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
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Year:
2011
86 min
$758,099
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The bus stops at a lonely island of curb. Alike is a dark

silhouette sprinting around the corner and into the night.

9 INT. ALIKE’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 9

Alike cracks open the front door just wide enough to slip

through. The house is dark except for the flashing microwave

clock.

8.

Alike takes off her sneakers and pads down the hallway. Her

younger sister, SHARONDA’s door cracks open as she passes.

SHARONDA:

You late.

ALIKE:

(whispering)

Be quiet.

SHARONDA:

Where you been this late?

ALIKE:

(whispering)

Movies.

SHARONDA:

Movie ended at midnight.

ALIKE:

(whispering)

Shhh. Shut up.

Alike shoves her sister and tries to close the door. Sharonda

yanks the door open wider.

SHARONDA:

(whispering)

Don’t push me.

ALIKE:

(whispering)

Go to bed.

SHARONDA:

I know what stays open past

midnight.

Sharonda puts a hand to her head and does a little dance.

ALIKE:

Shut up!

Alike eases Sharonda’s door shut. Sharonda swings the door

open wide.

SHARONDA:

Good night Lee!

Sharonda slams her door. The light clicks on underneath

Alike’s parent’s door.

9.

AUDREY (O.S.)

Lee? Lee?!

Alike rolls her eyes at her sister’s closed door and shrugs

into her room.

10 INT. ALIKE’S BEDROOM - NIGHT 10

Alike rushes to shove her stuffed backpack under the bed.

She tosses her shoes in the closet just as her mother, AUDREY

appears in the doorway.

AUDREY:

Nice to know you still live here.

Alike peels off her socks and slumps on the bed.

AUDREY (CONT’D)

What’re you doing home so late,

anyway?

ALIKE:

Lost track of time.

AUDREY:

You know what time your curfew is.

Where were you?

ALIKE:

Movies.

AUDREY:

The show ended at midnight. And

your curfew is twelve thirty.

ALIKE:

I lost track of time.

Audrey gets cozy in the doorjamb. Alike turns her back on

her and slumps into pajamas.

AUDREY:

At least you were cute. Where’d you

get that shirt? ‘Princess’. I like

that.

Alike winds the princess shirt around her fist and launches

to the top of the closet.

ALIKE:

It’s old.

10.

AUDREY:

Compliments your figure. I saw

something just like it on sale,

maybe we could go shopping-

ALIKE:

Goodnight.

Audrey stiffens and pulls her robe tighter. Vinegar replaces

honey in her demeanor as the warmth drains out of her voice.

AUDREY:

I really don’t care for that young

lady you run around with anyway.

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Dee Rees is an American screenwriter and director best known for her feature films Pariah and Bessie. more…

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