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JOY BOY

Stef Smith · USA · Drama · 9 min · 14K views

Directed by Stef Smith · Starring Alison Bell, Paul Capsis, Eden Falk, Jonny Hawkins · 2018

Jonny, once his mother's flamboyant 'joy boy' and later a rising evangelical leader, revisits his life's turning points while undergoing conversion therapy.

A bold, tonally daring portrait of faith and queerness, co-written by and starring the man who lived it.

A man faces his identity.

Plays in YouTube's player · Watch on YouTube

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