Straight Boys

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty,...

Runtime

45m

Director

Isaac Julien

Cast

Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji

Whistle depicts the dreary off-hours of an ultra-technological hit-man who becomes 'involved' in the life of one of his victims. The hit-man's wife is not only fully cognizant of her husband's day job but she is also the cold-blooded contact with his bosses when the conscience crisis sets in!

Runtime

29m

Director

Duncan Jones

Cast

Dominic Mafham, Sarah Winman, Charlie Hicks

Dorian realizes he is gay in his final year of high school. He meets another gay youth locally, but remains confused. He starts therapy, then resorts to confession in the Church, and finally comes out to his brother. Dorian then decides to come out to his father; he gets kicked out of the house.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Tennyson Bardwell

Cast

Michael McMillian, Lea Coco, Steve Fletcher

Michael and Robert, two gay men living in Brooklyn, spend their last day together before Robert leaves for Africa on work assignment. Michael still has feelings for his friend Nick, who has AIDS.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Bill Sherwood

Cast

Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi

A series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life… or lack thereof.

Runtime

17m

Director

Don Hertzfeldt