Parallel Sons (1996)
Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, 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 attempts to rob him at gun point but faints from illness. Seth takes the man, Knowledge, an escapee from a nearby prison, to a family cabin where he nurses him 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.
Director: John G. Young
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Gabriel Mann as Seth Carlson |
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Laurence Mason as Knowledge Johnson |
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Murphy Guyer as Sheriff Mott |
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Graham Alex Johnson as Peter Carlson |
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Heather Gottlieb as Kristen Mott |
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Josh Hopkins as Marty |
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Maureen Shannon as Francine |
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Julia Weldon as Sally Carlson |
| Directing | John G. Young | Director |
| Writing | John G. Young | Writer |
| Camera | Matthew M. Howe | Director of Photography |