Parallel Sons
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| Directed by | John G. Young |
| Produced by | Nancy Larsen James Spione |
| Written by | John G. Young |
| Starring |
Gabriel Mann Laurence Mason |
| Music by | Emile Menasche |
| Cinematography | Matthew M. Howe |
| Edited by |
James Spione John G. Young |
| Distributed by | Greycat Films |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Parallel Sons is a 1995 gay-themed drama film, written and directed by John G. Young and starring Gabriel Mann and Laurence Mason. It premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival,
Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a rural white young man with 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, called Knowledge, attempts to rob him at gun point, but faints from illness. Seth takes the man, who is an escapee from a nearby local youthful offender boot camp. he nurses him in a family cabin 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
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