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Director: Crookshank, Ross
Synopsis: The father figure in Ross Crookshank’s On Earth As It Is In Heaven is God: Gabriel is raised by a religious mother, and as he grows into adulthood, he applies the lessons he learns about loving his Father to his experiences loving other men. Sex for Gabriel is the ultimate religious experience, fantasy “the physical expression of an idea that will always remain in Heaven.” By intercutting beautiful black and white images of Gabriel growing up, praying, cruising, and having sex, Crookshank has created a hot and complex film about ecstasy and intimacy.

Synopsis: The father figure in Ross Crookshank’s On Earth As It Is In Heaven is God: Gabriel is raised by a religious mother, and as he grows into adulthood, he applies the lessons he learns about loving his Father to his experiences loving other men. Sex for Gabriel is the ultimate religious experience, fantasy “the physical expression of an idea that will always remain in Heaven.” By intercutting beautiful black and white images of Gabriel growing up, praying, cruising, and having sex, Crookshank has created a hot and complex film about ecstasy and intimacy.