Arriving in West Hollywood with only a duffle bag and a sense of excitement, Derrick unexpectedly wanders into a public men’s room and is greeted by the evocative stares and mischievous smiles of the men inside. Hesitant, yet curious to explore the carnal cruising further, Derrick enters a large stall at the end of the room. He is thrust into a magical time capsule; the stall encompasses the sights and sounds that celebrate 30 years of West Hollywood.
Direction
Heath Daniels packs 30 years of history into one cramped stall.
Production
Transforms a grimy bathroom into a kaleidoscopic time capsule.
Acting
Windham Beacham's smoldering presence anchors the fantasy.
Director
Heath Daniels
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film documents real West Hollywood cruising culture that gentrification and apps have nearly erased.
The stall functions as a microcosm of gay bar history — each visitor represents a different era's distinct fashion and cruising etiquette, with Derrick's exit suggesting the present's complicated relationship with this past.
US
