Gay chaser movie
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Synopsis
Zach is looking for something. Is it fun or thrills? Is it family? Or is it love? Alienated from his conservative Jewish family and community, a promising, young, gay schoolteacher seeks solace in New York's barebacking scene. Official Selection: Palm Springs International ShortFest, Brooklyn Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival.
Popular reviews
MoreStarved for chaser representation as I am, I'll give this all the stars I can.
Being a chaser is a fetish. But it is also a political stand with pertaining ethics. I think the film makes an effort to show that by, for example, quoting bakunin. There's not much development of the subject, but this is fifteen minutes long and it does its best.
Chaser culture has been my main academical interest for a while, so I desire I could express all the beauty I see in it. The lines of flight, the nostalgia, the community, the body mods, the resistance to health biopolitics, the joyful degradation. I could go on.
I also liked the way his alienation from heteronormative values is portrayed at the beginning of the production, because I think the distance from those values is key in the culture's potency.
CHASER
Cast:Max Rhyser, Rachel Claire, Ismael Cruz-Cordova, Karin De la Penha, Laurence Cantor, Aaron Scholomenko, Michael Argilan, TerriAnn Peters, John Mendez
Crew:Producers: Sal Bardo, Max Rhyser - Screenwriters: Sal Bardo - Cinematographer: Nickolas Rossi - Editor: Aldo Chang
Email:salbardo@gmail.com
Synopsis
Alienated from his conservative Jewish family and identity, a promising, new, gay schoolteacher seeks solace in the barebacking community.
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About the director
Sal Bardo made his directorial debut with the short clip, Requited, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2011 and has screened at festivals around the world, including Reel Affirmations: Washington D.C.'s International LGBT Movie Festival, where Sal won the audience award for Top First Time Director. The film is being distributed on DVD and VOD in North America by Guest Residence Films. Sal's latest films, Sam and Chaser, are currently making the festival rounds.
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Director Sal Bardo and Producer Max Rhyser will be available for a Q&A after the screening.
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Director: Sal Bardo
Protagonists: Max Rhyser, Rachel Claire, Ismael Cruz Cordova
Country: USA
Year: 2013
Duration: 15 min
Language: English
Plot: Alienated from his conservative Jewish family and community, a gay schoolteacher seeks solace in New York's barebacking scene.