A Brooklyn teenager Alike, juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. With the support of her best friend, Laura, she is especially eager to find a girlfriend. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity - sometimes succeeding, sometimes not, but always moving forward. Tenderly and beautifully directed by Dee Rees, watch this powerful coming of age film that, at the time, signaled the magnitude of talent to come from Ms. Rees.