Remarkable Shades of Gay(2015)
Remarkable Shades of Gay is a compilation of 9 short films shot by award winning LGBTQ director William Branden Blinn between 2008 and 2014. Included in the compilation are Thirteen or So Minutes... (2008); Chased (2009); Never or Now (2013); Without a Mom (2011); Triple Standard (2010); Toeing the Line (2013); À la carte (2013); Truth or Dare (2014); and He She We (2010).
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