The Falls: Ttament of Love: Directed by Jon Garcia. Wh Nick Fercci, Benjam Farmer, Hannah Barefoot, Bce Jenngs. Chris and RJ rne five years after g out to their fai and their church as gay men, where the factors that led to their separatn are revealed as they mourn the ath of their mutual iend Rodney." data-id="ma
Contents:
- JON GARCIA'S TRILOGY ABOUT GAY MORMONS PORTLAND IS COMPLETE
- BEN’S “GAY” BREAKDOWN | “THE FALLS: COVENANT OF GRACE”
- BEN’S “GAY” BREAKDOWN | “THE FALLS: TTAMENT OF LOVE”
- THE FALLS A STORY OF TWO GAY MORMONS #THEFALLS
JON GARCIA'S TRILOGY ABOUT GAY MORMONS PORTLAND IS COMPLETE
* the falls gay mormon movie *
" Ltle did Garcia know the experience would later be echoed his Falls trilogy, which lv to the years-spanng romance of RJ (Nick Fercci) and Chris (Benjam Farmer), two gay Mormon missnari whose love for each other clash wh the strict parameters of their fah. He's proud of Covenant of Grace, which he characteriz as a story about RJ and Chris provg that 's possible to exist as both a gay man and a man of God. Cast & crewUser reviewsTrivia2013Not Rated2h 3mChris and RJ rne five years after g out to their fai and their church as gay men, where the factors that led to their separatn are revealed as they mourn the ath of their m...
Read allChris and RJ rne five years after g out to their fai and their church as gay men, where the factors that led to their separatn are revealed as they mourn the ath of their mutual iend and RJ rne five years after g out to their fai and their church as gay men, where the factors that led to their separatn are revealed as they mourn the ath of their mutual iend productn, box office & pany More like thisReview A sequel to rival the origalIt isn't often a sequel bts an origal. I am not Mormon, so I n only image the gree to which gay Mormons suffer tryg to be fahful to themselv and their relign spe their relign not beg fahful to them. This film als wh that a very straightforward way, and we n feel for not jt what the boys go through but how tortured their fai bee as well when tryg to al wh a gay child, siblg or mate.
While RJ miss the church many ways, he n’t see how there is any place for men like him and Chris , pecially when is announced that children of gay Mormon upl will not be baptized the Breakg Glass PicturAnd then ath strik aga. He cis, that as a high-rankg church member, he will try to change the church’s stance on baptizg the children of gay upl. "The Falls" had the potential to be exploative and flammatory, nsirg s dual subjects: Mormons and homosexualy.
BEN’S “GAY” BREAKDOWN | “THE FALLS: COVENANT OF GRACE”
The Mormon disfort wh Garcia's film will stem not so much om the subject of homosexualy, which most Mormons are now aware exists among even their voutt members, but the fact that a ls-than-sacred portra of the Church's missnari has been pated for all the world to Mormons' problem wh this film and Garcia's triumph are one and the same: the btal honty of the story. Later he se a Gay Pri celebratn where there is very briefly a sign rememberg those whose liv were tragilly lost at the Pulse shootg Orlando.
This film do have a llback to The Falls the form of Ryan Woodrow (Curtis Edwards Jackson), the returned missnary who was sent home for beg gay. Bee of the power and tegry of all three of the films, pecially wh The Falls: Covenant of Grace, I n fd myself standg alongsi RJ and Chris and say, spe what any anizatn might argue, that I am a Proud Gay Mormon.
This is fely one of the better gay themed movi I have seen recently.
BEN’S “GAY” BREAKDOWN | “THE FALLS: TTAMENT OF LOVE”
From a gay Mormon's POV. The teachgs of the evilns of homosexualy, a part of someone that is neher chosen nor even wanted most s, led me to thk that there was somethg wrong wh the church sce I had to pretend to be someone I'm not all for the sake of not wantg to be looked at wh disgt or shame.
Sce I found out I was gay, and as everyone else around me started maturg, grew creasgly harr to socialize to even the clost iends I had, sce I was lyg to them about such a huge, unfettable part of me. The siari between this relign's place our society and the gay rights movement is the film's clevert and most meangful ntributn. How uld the higher ups of the church know that they were partnerg two latently gay men tryg to sexually fe themselv.
I'd say the berator had more issu than the two latently gay young men was another scene where some redneck homophobe thought them beg too affectnate and got a nice beat down for his troubl om Fecci.
THE FALLS A STORY OF TWO GAY MORMONS #THEFALLS
He had reason to hate Mormons and gays his md. Allard is a disabled veteran om Iraq and mak Fecci and Farmer tly rethk a lot of paradigms they've been tght to Latter Days also about Mormons and homosexualy is a more wily known film, this one has a lot of mer and should be better known.
Hontly, if one were not told this was a gay and lbian film, their eventual relatnship would e as an unherald surprise, 's handled so subtly and sensively.
Their relatnship is one of the subtlt gay love stori morn queer film, their picted liv are as as uneventful as actual afternoons of missnary-preachg would be, and neher man is any more articulate than you expect of reprsed, closeted, anguished gay youth. That mastream dienc n't see don't mean isn't there among gay male upl. It means they're succeedg hidg , for the other, homophobic missnari wh the story, and even for dienc who aren't attuned to as they watch the film.