Growg up the Missn district of San Francis, Che Rivera has always had to be tough to survive. He's a powerful man rpected throughout the Missn barr for his masculy and his strength, as well as for his hobby buildg betiful lowrir rs. A reformed mate and reverg alholic, Che has worked hard to reem his life and do right by his pri and joy: his only son, J, whom he has raised on his own after the ath of his wife. Che's path to remptn is tted, however, when he disvers J is gay. To survive his neighborhood, Che has always lived wh his fists. To survive as a plete man, he'll have to embrace a si of himself he's never shown.
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GAY THE LATO COMMUNY: A FILM REVIEW OF “LA MISSN”
La Missn: Directed by Peter Bratt. Wh Benjam Bratt, Alex Hernanz, Christopher Bzner, Jeremy Ray Valz. A sgle-parent ex-n a tough mory neighborhood fds his personal valu challenged when he disvers his son is gay." data-id="ma * la mission gay scene *
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When I was growg up the South Bronx, llg a man “gay” or g other slurs was one of the biggt sults you uld say to him. Even today wh the “knockout gam” the punks play, gays are targeted bee they are perceived as weak, unable or unwillg to fight back.
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Straight Lato siblgs nont homophobia and vlence their new film, La Missn. The film stars Benjam Bratt and is directed by his younger brother, Peter. Benjam plays an ex-gangbanger who disvers his son is gay. After generatns of avoidg a taboo topic, the men say, 's time for the Lato muny to refe masculy and brg nversatns about sexualy out of the closet. * la mission gay scene *
For example, jt today the HuffPost published a troublg story about a Pevian father who allegedly set fire to his gay, HIV-postive son:. A Pevian father fac allegatns that he doed his son wh gasole and set him on fire after learng the 22-year-old was gay and HIV-posive.
” In 2009, before the gay rights bat were gettg natnal media attentn, before Prints and Vice Prints were showg there support, Peter Bratt brought “La Missn. His son is gay. His one major obstacle life is not so much the streets, but that his father do not know about that he is gay.
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That is until one day after sneakg out of his hoe to “study, ”J fets about a picture he took wh his blanquo lover at a gay dance club. Durg an argument, he proceeds to promptly beat the livg daylights out of him public while disclosg and attackg how he feels about gay people. Later, while walkg the streets, J is lled homosexual slurs and ends up gettg shot for beg gay.
The movie La Missn unrgo the journey of a homosexual boy livg the unacceptg Lato muny San Francis, and an even ls acceptg father. The film addrs two ma stereotyp: beg gay an unacceptg lol society and terracial relatnships. J Rivera, played by Jeremy Ray Valz, is a high school senr who was hidg homosexualy om his close iends and fay.
Whereas, Che rults to his alholic ways when he beme embarrassed of his son’s homosexualy. Bratt’s purpose creatg the film seems to be to fe pure entertament wh drama, but still took real life experienc to brg to light the unrlyg racial tensn and homophobia the Lato muny.
A macho ex-nvict (Benjam Bratt) San Francis has difficulty acceptg the fact that his only son (Jeremy Ray Valz) is gay. * la mission gay scene *
If men are homosexual the neighbors they are nsired to not be a man and that they are weak. Che rults to physil abe when he first disvers his son’s homosexualy.