Change
Genres
Overview
An African-American teenager grapples with his sexual identity on the night Barack Obama is elected President and Proposition 8 — the California voter initiative to eliminate same-sex marriage — is passed. When one of Jamie's friend group initiates the bullying of an openly gay classmate, Jamie uses his wits to try and prevent it, but when things don't go the way he predicted, he is forced to face his fears head on. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Short Film at Frameline35: The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, Change is a poetic and moving film which deftly examines one young man's internal identity struggles within the context of the modern movement for LGBT rights, and a high school experience fraught with peer pressure.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
23 min
Release Date
2011-01-29
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
4
Sean Michael McClam
Jamie
Preston Mayes
Vincent
Jesse James Rice
Ivan
Brooklyn Lowe
Candice
Carl W. Crudup
Thomas
Brent Wise
JC
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