Parallel Sons

Parallel Sons is a 1995 gay-themed drama film, written and directed by John G. Young and starring Gabriel Mann and Laurence Mason. It premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival.

Parallel Sons
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Directed by	John G. Young
Written by	John G. Young
Produced by	Nancy Larsen James Spione
Starring	Gabriel Mann Laurence Mason
Cinematography	Matthew M. Howe
Edited by	James Spione John G. Young
Music by	Emile Menasche
Distributed by	Greycat Films
Release date	November 7, 1996 (1996-11-07)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a rural white young man with a fascination with black pop culture, and a dead-end life in an Adirondack village. He's alternatively sensitive and brutal with Kristen, who wants a sexual relationship that he explosively rejects.

Late one night, as he's closing the cafe where he works, a young black man, called Knowledge, attempts to rob him at gun point, but faints from illness. Seth takes the man, who is an escapee from a nearby local youthful offender boot camp. He nurses him in a family cabin and they begin a tentative friendship. When the sheriff learns of Seth's harboring a fugitive, a confrontation looms. Relationships between fathers and their children dominate the subplots

Cast

• Gabriel Mann as Seth Carlson
• Laurence Mason as Knowledge Johnson
• Murphy Guyer as Sheriff Mott
• Graham Alex Johnson as Peter Carlson
• Heather Gottlieb as Kristen Mott
• Josh Hopkins as Marty
• Maureen Shannon as Francine
• Julia Weldon as Sally Carlson
• Eric Granger as Police Officer

Awards and nominations

• Won the Audience Award for "Best Feature" at the Frameline Film Festival (the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival).^[1]
• Won Grand Jury Award at Outfest (L.A. Outfest).^[2]
• Won Best Feature Award at Florida Film Festival.^[3]
• Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.^[4]