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Close to home
Title
Close to home.
Publication
[Brooklyn, NY] : Miasma Films, [1998]
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 24 min.)) : sound, color color with black and white sequences
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Streaming video file.
Originally produced as a documentary film in 1998.
Produced, directed and edited by Rodney Evans ; cinematography by Rodney Evans, Julio Seales, Chris Talbott, Hillevi Loven, Patrice Mallard and Cassandra Ritas.
In English with English subtitles.
Description based on videodisc version record, closing credits, and BFI website (viewed 22 November 2022).
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Documents the filmmaker's journey as he comes out to his conservative, Jamaican family while negotiating a fraught relationship with a young heterosexual man. Incorporates home movies and stills from childhood, superimposed sexual encounters, and footage of the filmmaker/subject addressing the camera directly.
Variant and related titles
Third World Newsreel collection.
Other formats
Videodisc version: Close to home
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 25, 2022
Credits
Produced, directed and edited by Rodney Evans ; cinematography by Rodney Evans, Julio Seales, Chris Talbott, Hillevi Loven, Patrice Mallard and Cassandra Ritas.
Performers
Rodney Evans, Brinsley Evans, Sybil Evans, Julio Seales.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Autobiographical films.
Documentary films.
Experimental films.
Gay films.
Short films.
Internet videos.
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