Parallel Sons is a 1995 gay-themed drama film, written and directed by John G. Young and starring Gabriel Mann and Laurence Mason. It premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival.
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Plot
Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a rural white young man with a fascination with black pop culture, and a dead-end life in an Adirondack village. He's alternatively sensitive and brutal with Kristen, who wants a sexual relationship that he explosively rejects.
Late one night, as he's closing the cafe where he works, a young black man, called Knowledge, attempts to rob him at gun point, but faints from illness. Seth takes the man, who is an escapee from a nearby local youthful offender boot camp. He nurses him in a family cabin and they begin a tentative friendship. When the sheriff learns of Seth's harboring a fugitive, a confrontation looms. Relationships between fathers and their children dominate the subplots
Cast
Gabriel Mann as Seth Carlson
Laurence Mason as Knowledge Johnson
Murphy Guyer as Sheriff Mott
Graham Alex Johnson as Peter Carlson
Heather Gottlieb as Kristen Mott
Josh Hopkins as Marty
Maureen Shannon as Francine
Julia Weldon as Sally Carlson
Eric Granger as Police Officer
Awards and nominations
Won the Audience Award for "Best Feature" at the Frameline Film Festival (the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival).
Won Grand Jury Award at Outfest (L.A. Outfest).
Won Best Feature Award at Florida Film Festival.
Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.