Change 2011

Synopsis:

An African-American teenager grapples with his sexual identity on the night Barack Obama is elected President and Proposition 8 — the California voter initiative to eliminate same-sex marriage — is passed. When one of Jamie's friend group initiates the bullying of an openly gay classmate, Jamie uses his wits to try and prevent it, but when things don't go the way he predicted, he is forced to face his fears head on. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Short Film at Frameline35: The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, Change is a poetic and moving film which deftly examines one young man's internal identity struggles within the context of the modern movement for LGBT rights, and a high school experience fraught with peer pressure.

Directed by: Melissa Osborne
Written by: Melissa Osborne
Release date: 2011-01-29
Runtime: 23 minutes
Cast:
Sean Michael McClam
Sean Michael McClam
Jamie 
Preston Mayes
Preston Mayes
Vincent 
Jesse James Rice
Jesse James Rice
Ivan 
Brooklyn Lowe
Brooklyn Lowe
Candice 
Carl W. Crudup
Carl W. Crudup
Thomas 
Brent Wise
Brent Wise
JC