Sean is a high school student who has to deal with sexual abuse, manipulation and the fear of revealing his sexual orientation.
Sunday Morning (2017)
As a high schooler begins to discover his sexuality, he must deal with the mental and physical hardships of the fact that his first sexual encounter with another man was a sexual assault. This coming-of-age film explores the development of identity through sexuality, friendship, and family-life. In addition, it focuses on the struggles of sexual assault and the courage needed to fight back.
Director Statement
I wrote Sunday Morning because I wanted to tell a story that isn’t something usually told, but also I wanted my first project to be something extremely personal to myself. I am currently a gay man, but growing up and figuring out my sexuality was extremely difficult (as it is for most people). My first interaction with someone of the same sex was being assaulted and it happened at a time when I wasn’t sure about my own sexuality, which made everything so much harder. I told my story to show people that they aren’t alone, whether that be in discovering sexuality, assault, or anything in-between. The story is one of many that expresses equality in sexuality, but also sheds a light on the physical and mental effects that sexual assault has on its victims.
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