Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a fascination with Black pop culture, and a dead-end life in an Adirondack village. He's alternatively sensitive and brutal with Kristen, who wants a sexual relationship that he explosively rejects. Late one night, as he's closing the cafe where he works, a young Black man attempts to rob him at gun point but faints from illness. Seth takes the man, Knowledge, an escapee from a nearby prison, to a family cabin where he nurses him and they begin a tentative friendship. When the sheriff learns of Seth's harboring a fugitive, a confrontation looms. Relationships between fathers and their children dominate the subplots.
Acting
Laurence Mason's guarded vulnerability against Gabriel Mann's twitchy longing.
Writing
Dialogue that actually says the quiet parts about desire and race.
Director
John G. Young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 16 days for $130K, this is peak 90s queer indie cinema before mainstream acceptance.
The title refers to parallel father-son relationships: Seth/Knowledge and their respective fathers, mirroring each other's failures.
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