A queer gospel prophet who sang like God was listening—and paid the price for being himself.
Raymond Anthony Myles was the electrifying Gospel Genius of New Orleans. Like a comet shooting across the sky, he was here one minute – brilliant, incandescent and unmistakably unique. And then, just as quickly, he was gone… But Raymond was more than a maverick musician. He was also highly representative of a vital but scorned minority within the Black church: a queer man who struggled with dogma and Scripture that said, "God's love does not apply to you."
Acting
Myles' archival performances—pure, unfiltered transcendence.
Direction
Sacks lets the music preach; no over-explaining needed.
Director
Leo Sacks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harry Shearer of 'The Simpsons' fame is an executive producer and appears in the film—a longtime Myles devotee who helped fund the project.
Myles' murder remains officially unsolved; the film suggests NOPD indifference to a gay Black man's death, echoing broader erasure of queer Black victims.
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