Man is the spirg story of Man Oliver, a gay young athlete termed that a bicycle accint that left him paralyzed will not change him. He tak a chance on love when he meets Dean Kagen on a basketball urt. Dean helps Man tra for the same race which he had his accint. But when he se that Man will risk everythg to w, Dean walks out. Left alone to face the race and mons that ed his accint, Man teeters between what he needs and what he wants. Can he fd the strength to pull himself back up aga?
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- WATCH: “MAN” BRGS DISABILY AND DRAMA TO GAY CEMA
- UNED GAY NETWORK
- ‘LOOKG’ MEMPHIS: JOE SWANBERG COLLABORATOR MAN JON FOX HONORS SOUTHERN GAY LIFE ‘FERAL’
WATCH: “MAN” BRGS DISABILY AND DRAMA TO GAY CEMA
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PROMOTED Watch Now SynopsisMan is the spirg story of Man Oliver, a gay young athlete termed that a bicycle accint that left him paralyzed will not change him. Wh poignant and at-tim heartbreakg performanc by Darra “Like Dat” Boyd (VH1’s “Flavor of Love”), who plays Man’s bt iend, Lane, and Madalyn McKay, who stars as Man’s mother, Peg, MORGAN has taken dienc and crics alike by storm durg s n on the film ftival circu, at ftivals like Outft and film has already won six awards, cludg four jury priz and two dience awards, cludg “Bt Screenplay” om FilmOut San Diego and “Bt Feature” om the Sacramento Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival. The DVD will also clu bon featur such as a mentary track wh wrer/director Michael Akers and wrer/producer Sandon Berg; English subtl for the hearg impaired; Behd-the-scen footage; “Meet the Cast;” productn pictur slishow; trailers of other Uned Gay Network tl; and Spanish, French and German more rmatn on Akers/Berg and MORGAN, vis the Official Webse of the Akers-Berg film MORGAN.
His first episodic, “Feral, ” premiered this fall on Dekkoo, a new streamg se dited to hostg gay ntent; Dekkoo has orred a send season of the short form drama, cg a thirty percent spike subscriptns wh the release of “Feral. READ MORE: ‘Will & Grace’ On Speed: Gotham-Nomated Web Seri ‘The Gay and Wondro Life of Caleb Gallo’ Is A Surreal Ri. “I often fd, pecially wh suici, that there’s a gay character and the suici is related to an issue wh one’s sexualy, ” said Fox.
The se lnched last fall an effort to serve an dience left behd by Netflix, which lumps s gay and lbian ntent together, and has bought fewer and fewer die films as streamg expand. READ MORE: NewFt And Beyond: Why LGBT Film Ftivals Are Essential to the Future of Gay Movi.
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Olr gay viewers may have more spendg money, but younger on do not self segregate nearly as much. For the characters “Feral, ” the distctn between queer film and gay and lbian film are ls important than fdg a muny of likemd artists. “In the South, this ia of beg post-gay is not relevant, ” said Fox.
One night, while headg home through his lol park, he pass by a basketball urt jt as a basketball rolls past Uned Gay NetworkThe ball belongs to Dean (Jack Ky), a soulful but troubled real tate agent mourng the recent ath of his mother. The two beg datg and, while Man has been out of the closet sce his teens, he is still unfortable beg affectnate public, Dean, who has only recently e out ( fact, he never even told his mother) he wants to be able to hold Man’s hand and embrace him Uned Gay NetworkThis is the first relatnship Man has had sce his accint and he’s still learng what he n and n no longer do. Eventually, Dean realiz that he n’t get Man to give up his need to race, but he also n’t s back and watch as Man kills himself, so he breaks thgs Uned Gay Network This fally works as an impet to make Man realize that he n’t keep gog on the way he is.
To prove he’s tly changed, Man kiss Dean Concln: ManBy centerg s love story on a paraplegic gay man, Man giv a story that we haven’t seen before. Man is the spirg story of Man Oliver, a gay young athlete termed that a bicycle accint that left him paralyzed will not change him. The straightt gay film I’ve ever seen.
‘LOOKG’ MEMPHIS: JOE SWANBERG COLLABORATOR MAN JON FOX HONORS SOUTHERN GAY LIFE ‘FERAL’
God this gay film is atroc. Between this and Gone, But Not Fotten, I'd say director Michael Akers has a ltle thg for damaged, bte, gay bois. I really like this story 2 guys fall love, wh fally a different story what normally gays movi tend to do.
OK, stop me if you heard this one before: gay guy has an existential life crisis like a bike accint that him to lose his livelihood and spe a supportive st around him (iends, fay, terted boyiend, good neighbors - an urban settg no ls), he still is a selfish prick and do somethg awful and self centered until he crash (aga), and realiz all he need was the boyiend's love, and the iends' support, and the fay's... A paralyzed gay bicycle racer risks home, relatnships and personal health to reenter the ay as a paraplegic racer. That unbearable, paful erotic tensn is more or ls the staed mood of Oliver Herman’ shimmerg and sensual ary drama “Moffie,” which is easily the bt movie about gay male reprsn sce “God’s Own Country.” Set 1981 South Ai at the apex of the South Ain Borr War, the film’s story of gay unrequed sire turns out to be a sg for somethg far more lethal s marrow.
It’s 1981, South Ai, which means ’s not okay to be a “moffie”; effemacy is a sign of weakns, and beg gay is also illegal.