By Hook or By Crook, May 16, 2002 | 18th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

18th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

With Director/star Silas Howard and producer Steak House in person.

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Director

Harry Dodge & SIlas Howard

Year

2001

Run Time

103

min

Country

United States

Language

English

PROGRAM Time

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

Shy is a transgender man who leaves his small town after the death of his father, and heads to the big city to live a life of crime. Along the way, he encounters Valentine, a quirky adoptee, in search of his birth mother. An immediate kinship is sparked between these men and they become partners in crime.

This film is presented in English with English subtitles.

In this butch buddy movie about lesbian outlaws, Shy leaves her aimless small-town life in Kansas and, dreaming of robbing a bank, hitchhikes to San Francisco.

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