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.

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).
 * Won Grand Jury Award at Outfest (L.A. Outfest).
 * Won Best Feature Award at Florida Film Festival.
 * Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.