Technically this one isn’t a short film, at least by Academy Awards rules, as they define a short as being less than 40 minutes, and as this one clocks in at 45 mins, it just misses out on that.
It’s worth posting here though as it’s an interesting look at the place where gender, race and sexuality meet, the issues that causes and which need to be faced.
With a relatively simple concept, nine men face away from the camera – some naked and some clothed – and talk about what it means to be a gay African-American. Filmmaker Shikeith Cathey questions and plays with different concept of what that might mean, with the subjects challenged to look deep inside themselves and ponder their identity and what it means.
It’s well worth a look (and thanks to NewNowNext for the tip).
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