A closeted kid finds his voice while California tries to silence his future.
A 14-year-old boy takes a transformative step toward self-acceptance during California's historic Prop 8 movement.
Acting
Tanner Hagen's fragile, furious debut.
Direction
Derek Mari captures 2008's suffocating uncertainty.
Director
Derek Mari
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Prop 8 passed in November 2008, the same night Obama won—creating a brutal contradiction for LGBTQ+ Americans hoping for progress.
The skunk motif mirrors queer adolescence: feared, misunderstood, and actually just trying to survive without spraying.
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