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Trailers...

  • Song Silenced: Coming Out in Christian Music
  • Interior
  • I have Two Dads
  • Bucks Harbor
  • I Am Going to Miss You
  • Silver Star
  • Caracas Avenue
  • Our Body Is an Expanding Star
  • Family (A)
  • Given Names
  • Serpent’s Skin (The)
  • Christophers (The)
  • Marc by Sofia
  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
  • Accused
  • Touch Me
  • Champion
  • Este cuerpo mío
  • Narciso
  • Another Man
  • River Dreams
  • Animol
  • Surfacing
  • Sunny Dancer
  • Black Burns Fast
  • Warla
  • Beyond the Fire: The Life of Japan’s First Pride Parade Pioneer
  • To Dance is to Resist
  • Ugly Stepsister (The)
  • West of Greatness: The Story of the Westwego Muscle Boys
  • Washed Up
  • These Sacred Vows
  • Deepest Space in Us (The)
  • ìfé: (The Sequel)
  • Mickey & Richard
  • On the Sea
  • Madfabulous
  • Outlasting - Living Archives of Older Queers
  • Beast in Me (The)
  • God Will Not Help

Traces

Country: United States, Language: English, 19 mins

  • Director: Rachel Zisser
  • Writer: Samantha Newton; Rachel Zisser
  • Producer: Jonah Bekhor; Jonas Bell Pasht

CGiii Comment

Almost masterful and definitely thought-provoking - and, so very sad.

Ms Zisser has an immense talent. It's such a pity that she hasn't made more.

Make more films, please...this just oozes with talent and quality.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Sydney Kessler answers the phone call that no parent ever hopes to receive. He travels to the morgue. There, they unveil a body he doesn't recognize - his son Julian. Over the course of one night, Sydney embarks on journey deep into the city to uncover the truth about how his son died. Instead, he discovers how his son lived.

Cast & Characters

John Antonini as Boyfriend;
Miss Austin as Woman at Bar;
Catherine Campion as Nurse at Morgue;
Marlon Correa as Hospital Orderly;
Bijoux Deluxe as Coat Check Girl;
Lara Everly as Nurse at Morgue;
Alan Feinstein as Sydney Kessler;
Zack Graham as Julian Kessler;
Andrew Traister as Doctor in Morgue;
Teddy Vincent as Officer on Phone