Films with: Symons, Johnny

Beauty before age

This film explores the power of youth and beauty in the gay community as a diverse group of gay men, ages 19 to 77, describes their fears of becoming old, undesirable and alone. The film critically examines the pressure to look young and attractive, the lack of positive older role models, and ways in which AIDS intensifies the fear and process of aging. Beauty Before Age offers a male perspective on a historically female issue and illuminates the larger societal obsession with physical appearance.

DVD 9283

Daddy & papa

A documentary exploring the personal, cultural, and political impact of gay men who are making a decision that is at once traditional and revolutionary: to raise children themselves. Taking us inside four gay male families, this documentary traces the critical issues that inevitably intersect their private lives, the ambiguous place of interracial families in America, the wonder and precariousness of surrogacy and adoption, the complexities of marriage and divorce within the gay community, and the legality of their own parenthood.

DVD 6402