HuffPost Gay Voices is proud to present this exclusive clip from Chris Mason Johnson's "Test," the award-winning, hotly anticipated new film that's been hailed by critics as "delightful" and "deeply rewarding."
Set in San Francisco in the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, "Test" centers on young dancer Frankie (Scott Marlowe) as he navigates the challenges of being an understudy in a performance troupe, where his classmates taunt him to "dance like a man!"
Meanwhile, Frankie also begins a relationship with veteran dancer Todd (Matthew Risch), who plays the bad boy to his innocent. Together, they face a world of "risk, hope, humor, visual beauty and musical relief," according to press materials.
"The stories that have been done up to now on the subject are pretty much death bed stories, including the ones recently. It’s the stories of people dying from AIDS," Johnson, who wrote and directed the film, told the Latino Review. "But I wanted to do something much smaller and much more intimate. It’s not about being sick, but more of the fear of being sick. My movie is just focused on that fear."
"Test" hits select theaters in New York and Los Angeles on June 13. Head here for more information.
Set in San Francisco in the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, "Test" centers on young dancer Frankie (Scott Marlowe) as he navigates the challenges of being an understudy in a performance troupe, where his classmates taunt him to "dance like a man!"
Meanwhile, Frankie also begins a relationship with veteran dancer Todd (Matthew Risch), who plays the bad boy to his innocent. Together, they face a world of "risk, hope, humor, visual beauty and musical relief," according to press materials.
"The stories that have been done up to now on the subject are pretty much death bed stories, including the ones recently. It’s the stories of people dying from AIDS," Johnson, who wrote and directed the film, told the Latino Review. "But I wanted to do something much smaller and much more intimate. It’s not about being sick, but more of the fear of being sick. My movie is just focused on that fear."
"Test" hits select theaters in New York and Los Angeles on June 13. Head here for more information.