6 Great Coming of Age Films (featuring people of color):

Mooz-lum (2011)
Escaping a strict Muslim upbringing and painful memories, Tariq enters college and a completely different world. Amidst backlash and violence due to the 9/11 attacks, Tariq must reconcile his past with his faith, and his own beliefs.

Sunny (2011)
Na-Mi transfers to a new school and sticks out like a sore thumb. A group of girls come to her aide, and they form a life-long bond.

Love of Siam (2007)
A tragic loss separates two childhood friends. Upon reuniting, years later, they explore new feelings.

Pariah (2011)
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Mamitas (2011)
The day Jordin is suspended from school for insulting a teacher, he meets Felipa, a bookish, no-nonsense New York girl who sees past the swaggering facade.

Boy (2010)
Set on the east coast of New Zealand in the year 1984, Boy, an 11-year-old kid and devout Michael Jackson fan gets a chance to know his father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.

*PBS also has a great selection of short films focused on “growing pains”.

I’ve see Pariah and loved it. I’ll have to check out the others c:

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