Derrick L. Middleton

After his mother dies, Sequan, a sensitive teenager from Brooklyn, moves in with relatives living in a small town plagued with secrets hidden deep within its lush, rural Alabama terrain. Sequan finds refuge in a friendship with a troubled girl who astutely hones in on his true sexuality and introduces him to her cute brother.

This short film explores the hypermasculine attitudes that keep so many young gay black men from living their authentic lives in this critical space of black culture.

This short film explores the hypermasculine attitudes that keep so many young gay black men from living their authentic lives in this critical space of black culture.