Three Tales of Love, Lust & Liberation
Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the summer, he realizes and embraces that he's gay. In "A Friend of Dorothy," Winston arrives from upstate for his freshman year at NYU. He has to figure out, with some help from Anne, a hometown friend, how to build a social life as a young gay man in the city. In "The Disco Years," Tom looks back on 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet after one joyful and several painful encounters
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James Andrews
Waiter (Pool Days)
Mary Beth Aylesworth
Kissing Couple (Pool Days)
Mike Barbour
Weightlifter (Pool Days)
Steve Bilich
Shower Guy (Pool Days)
Wendy Brokaw
Nadia (The Disco Years)
BoJesse Christopher
Bryan (The Disco Years)
Dennis Christopher
Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
Adrian Davey
Steamroom Guy (Pool Days)
Kimberly Flynn
Vicky (Pool Days)
Richard Foster
Dad (Pool Days)
Will Gorgess
Steamroom Guy (Pool Days)
Terry Herrington
Weightlifter (Pool Days)
Nick Kokotakis
Russell Williams
Russell Scott Lewis
Matt Wesson ("The Disco Years")
Matt Nolan
Tom Peters ("The Disco Years")
