Film Details
Runtime: 95 minutes
Language: English
Director: Elegance Bratton
Country: USA, 2022
Category: Cocktails & Cinema™
Genre: Drama, Gay
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In Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.
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"TRANSCENDENT. EVERY FRAME RINGS TRUE" - Awards Watch
"GABRIELLE UNION IS A REVELATION" - The Hollywood Reporter
"JEREMY POPE GIVES A CAREER-IGNITING PERFORMANCE" - Variety
"A TRIUMPH" - The Daily Beast