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Experience Quote by Dee Rees

“With 'Pariah,' at the time, I had just come out.…” quote by Dee Rees — Download Open image

“With 'Pariah,' at the time, I had just come out. I had a coming out experience, and I was writing about it, transposing my experience as an adult: What would it have been like if I had been a teenager in Brooklyn? The funny thing was people thought I was from Brooklyn. I had to be like, 'No, I'm from Nashville.'”

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