The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders
Four drama-fueled shorts from Germany, France and the UK that explore how rivalry between teams can spill over into teacher-pupil relationships, high school crushes and brotherly compassion.
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"Short films are not usual my cinematic drug of choice, so I love that THE MALE GAZE: STRIKERS & DEFENDERS blew away my expectations -- it's a brilliantly cohesive curation of gay stories set in the universe of high school team sports. No, these films do not try to collectively be the gay man's answer to predictable sports movies like HOOSIERS and VARSITY BLUES. In fact, very little time is spent on the the soccer field and the endings aren't Hollywood-pat. What we get are the raw, deep, and real journeys of queer characters which nail many of the details of high school that ..."
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Four drama-fueled shorts from Germany, France and the UK that explore how rivalry between teams can spill over into teacher-pupil relationships, high school crushes and brotherly compassion.