We’re big fans of gay-themed short film here at BGPS and now a new one is seeking $10,000 in an IndieGogo crowdfunding drive to get the film made. The short is called Johnny, and it was written by and will star Brandon Crowder, who’s also set to star in another short that was recently looking for funding, Pick Up
Here’s the short’s synopsis: ‘A young male prostitute named Johnny (played by Brandon Crowder) is hired by Dave, a lonely and conflicted older man, to spend a night with him in a motel room and be his first sexual experience with another man.
‘Dave has spent his entire life trying to outrun his sexual attraction to other men. A devoted husband and father, Dave has carefully constructed a life he hoped would make him happy. But the harder Dave tries to force himself to be the man he believes he should be, the harder it is for him to resist becoming the man he’s secretly always been.
‘And as it turns out, Dave is not the only one with a secret, and the intimate night the two men share forces Johnny to come face-to-face with a haunting moment from his past that he thought he’d left behind.
‘JOHNNY is a story about finding the strength and courage that it takes to accept responsibility for the choices you have made and the person you have become.’ Micah Stuart will direct.
Crowder recently told Huffpo, “We live in an exciting time for LGBT stories being depicted on film, and great strides have been made in the prevalence of LGBT characters represented in mainstream media. Film in particular has an incredible ability to give an audience the opportunity to experience life from a perspective outside of their own reality. I want to share LGBTQ stories like JOHNNY in the hopes that I can contribute to a more nuanced and inclusive understanding of the complexity of the human experience.”
If you want to watch the trailer and maybe donate, head over to IndieGoGo.
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