Mom brings your gay bashing attacker to your birthday party. Family therapy just got EXTREME.
Joseph, a young gay male, finds himself the random target of a hate crime and is severely beaten. He retreats into his own world and loses all faith upon hearing that he has permanently lost sight in one eye. In a loving, albeit misguided attempt to help him reclaim his life, Joseph's mother Rachel and best friend Derrick present him with a very unexpected present for his birthday, a face-to-face encounter with his attacker and a chance for revenge.
Acting
Sally Kirkland unhinged as the mother from hell.
Direction
Krinsky traps you in Joseph's fractured perception.
Director
Matt Aaron Krinsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made in 2004, this emerged from post-Matthew Shepard era discourse where 'hate crime' was entering mainstream vocabulary but queer cinema rarely centered retaliation fantasies.
The 18-minute runtime was reportedly a hard limit for festival submissions; Krinsky originally had 35 minutes of footage.
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