This title is part of the Frameline Film Festival Collection at the San Francisco Public Library.

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This title is part of the Frameline Film Festival Collection at the San Francisco Public Library.

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This title is part of the Frameline Film Festival Collection at the San Francisco Public Library.

Director

Mueller, Eric

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This title is part of the Frameline Film Festival Collection at the San Francisco Public Library.

Director

Mueller, Eric

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This title is part of the Frameline Film Festival Collection at the San Francisco Public Library.

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This title is part of the Frameline Film Festival Collection at the San Francisco Public Library.

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This title is part of the Frameline Film Festival Collection at the San Francisco Public Library.

Director

Walsh, Jack

Synopsis

A deft combination of narrative and experimental filmmaking, Jack Walsh’s The Second Coming is the coming of age story of Carlos, a bi-racial gay teen who becomes a politically aware activist. Set in the near future during a Fundamentalist group’s attempted coup d’état in the United States, this conspiracy-theory-wrought film examines overriding social crises such as homophobia and racism. Carlos, alienated from most of his peers and family, finds love and companionship with a classmate, Ben. Together the two join forces with a group of teens who are making and broadcasting videotapes that question the crisis created by the Fundamentalist threat. Through a series of betrayals and a death squad-like kidnapping, Carlos is murdered. However, in the face of these devastating circumstances, a new voice of resistance appears that gives hope to those whom Carlos has left behind. The Second Coming shows how individuals swept up in a chain of historical events can resist and have an impact on a seemingly hopeless situation.

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This title is part of the Frameline Film Festival Collection at the San Francisco Public Library.

Synopsis

An exploration of how the culture of youth and beauty is constructed and influences us through an intimate viewpoint.

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This title is part of the Frameline Film Festival Collection at the San Francisco Public Library.

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