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Absence of Love

Country: USA, Language: English, 20 mins

  • Director: Billy Gerard Frank
  • Writer: Billy Gerard Frank
  • Producer: Lauren Beck; Lydia Darly

CGiii Comment

Absence of Love is an intimate and taut portrait of three lives: James and Michael, on the far side of a once passionate romance, and James and Samuel, estranged brothers, coming to terms with their father's death, a Baptist minister in the deep south. The film plays with time: the present, in which the story follows these characters as they form a complex love triangle; the past, through the window of childhood memory; and the love story, out of time and place. A richly textured film, Absence of Love viscerally captures the deep-rooted alienation of gay youth in the African American experience.


Trailer...

Absence Of Love Trailer from Billy Gerard Frank on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Ernest Waddell as James;
Rob Morgan as Walter;
Marc Damon Johnson as Samuel;
Luc Owono as Church Guest;
Laurie Folkes as Church Guest;
Devin Norik as Michael;
Dierdra McDowell as Cecilia;
Derrick L. Middleton as Young James;
Stephanie Blair as Hipster;
Alseny Frederick as Teenage Samuel