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Alkali, Iowa

Directed by Mark Christopher
1995
USA
17 mins
1995
USA
Short
Gay
Drama
Parenting/Family
Coming Out

A young man in rural Iowa wrestles with his sexual identity, not an easy thing to do in the 1990s Midwest. But things become clearer when he discovers that his father, killed in Vietnam, led a double life down on the farm.

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