Parallel Sons

93 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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.

Plot

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

Cast

• Gabriel Mann as Seth Carlson
• Laurence Mason as Knowledge Johnson
• Murphy Guyer as Sheriff Mott
• Graham Alex Johnson as Peter Carlson
• Heather Gottlieb as Kristen Mott
• Josh Hopkins as Marty
• Maureen Shannon as Francine
• Julia Weldon as Sally Carlson
• Eric Granger as Police Officer

Awards and nominations

• Won the Audience Award for "Best Feature" at the Frameline Film Festival (the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival).^[1]
• Won Grand Jury Award at Outfest (L.A. Outfest).^[2]
• Won Best Feature Award at Florida Film Festival.^[3]
• Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.^[4]

References

External links

• Parallel Sons at IMDb