Drama and documentary, acting and activism merge in an impressionistic meditation on outlawed queer life and the struggle for gay rights in the UK in the 1960s. Based on an unfilmed script about two young men being blackmailed due to their homosexuality.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
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Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 21'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
