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Oct 31, 2017 · Dee Rees grew up in an Afro-Centric family in Nashville, Tennessee. For her personally revealing documentary, Eventual Salvation (2008), Rees accompanied her octogenarian grandmother back to Liberia, where the elder had settled during the 1950’s, to hear a proud friend describe their motivation to emigrate: “I will not chop cotton; I will ...
Rees demonstrated the uncompromising nature of her art with her big screen debut as a writer/director, the semi-autobiographical “Pariah” (2011), about an African-American lesbian teen’s ...
Oct 22, 2017 · As Dee Rees’s racially charged, Oscar-tipped film Mudbound debuts on Netflix, we speak to the director about challenging the establishment, while below, we profile directors Eliza Hittman, the ...
Jul 2, 2021 · Filmmaker Dee Rees made history on June 29 when her debut feature “ Pariah ” joined the Criterion Collection, making the Oscar and Emmy nominee the first Black American woman to have her work ...
Nov 29, 2023 · Marrakech Film Festival. Fresh off the strike and newly back to work, American writer-director Dee Rees has set her sights on her next feature – a stylized dark comedy meant to visualize a ...
Jun 7, 2018 · Years ago, writer-director Dee Rees (“Mudbound,” “Pariah”) had tried her hand at adapting author Philip K. Dick with “Martian Times.”. Although the project never came together, she ...
New 2K digital master, supervised by director Dee Rees and director of photography Rachel Morrison, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack; New audio commentary featuring Rees; New documentary featuring Rees, composer Tamar-kali, editor Mako Kamitsuna, and makeup artist Angie Wells ; New documentary made on set, featuring members of the cast and crew
