Bahamian writer/director Kareem Mortimer follows several characters impacted by the deeply ingrained homophobia ignited by Rosie O’Donnell. A failing art student finds love and inspiration in the arms of a more uninhibited local, while the wife of a frighteningly homophobic anti-gay activist is forced to face some ugly home truths.
In a sense there’s nothing hugely original, but the Caribbean setting and characters make everything new again. Mortimer’s unflinching willingness to look at the real world charges the film and gives it power.
