In some ways, we've seen this story many times before: a sensitive gay teen is the new kid in a town of small-minded idiots and, as such, is subjected to all manner of harassment, until he happens to find the first stirrings of love in the arms of another sensitive misfit.
But in other ways, the 2009 movie Rivers Wash Over Me, just out on DVD, feels surprisingly fresh and affecting, mostly because of the movie's breathtaking realism, and also because the characters are not the ones we're used to seeing in this particular story: the main character here, Sequan, is African American and he and his boyfriend are younger teens, not the usual seniors in high school.
After his mother is murdered in New York, 15-year-old Sequan is sent to live with relatives in a small town in Alabama. But the town is rife with racism, ignorance, and violence — no...
But in other ways, the 2009 movie Rivers Wash Over Me, just out on DVD, feels surprisingly fresh and affecting, mostly because of the movie's breathtaking realism, and also because the characters are not the ones we're used to seeing in this particular story: the main character here, Sequan, is African American and he and his boyfriend are younger teens, not the usual seniors in high school.
After his mother is murdered in New York, 15-year-old Sequan is sent to live with relatives in a small town in Alabama. But the town is rife with racism, ignorance, and violence — no...
- 12/8/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
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