And like the the finest LGBTQ films - Beautiful Thing, Boys Don’t Cry, Brokeback Mountain - it remains true to itself, true to its heart. It’s the standard from which all LGBTQ cinema will be compared moving forward. Poetic and resonant, it deploys a magnificently complex, ethereal narrative structure, offering the world a moviegoing experience that eschews Hollywood’s typical cookie cutter aesthetic for one daring, brave, and emotionally, intellectually powerful. The Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning masterpiece sets a new bar for black gay cinema, if not all independent film.
