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One of Them! (1998)

One of Them! (1998)

Drama
Release Date: 1998, April 4
Directors: Stewart Main
Countries: New Zealand
Production: Zee Films
Cast: Stephen Ure, Ray Woolf, Stephen Papps, Maggie Tarver, Nigel Godfrey, Celia Nicholson, Dwayne Cameron, Mark Tronson, Ciaran Pennington, Cameron J. Watt, Alannah O'Sullivan, Collette Pennington

Overview:

One of Them! was one of two dramas (alongside Niki Caro movie Memory and Desire) inspired by short stories collected in Peter Wells' 1991 book Dangerous Desires. It was made for TV One as a Montana Sunday drama. Set in Auckland, 1965, One of Them! follows Lemmy and Jamie, two teenage boys coming to terms with their sexuality. In the dark days before gay liberation, bullying and intimidation was rife, and while the boys flaunt their sissyness, their internalized homophobia wreaks havoc on their emotional lives — until they can admit to being "one of them".

Keywords:

cliché complex hopeful mental health teenage friendship internalized homophobia externalized friendship conflict tramping