The Happy Sad
Release Date: August 16, 2013 (in NY and LA)
Distributor: Miasma Films/Rodney Evans
Director: Rodney Evans
Screenwriter: Ken Urban
Cast: LeRoy McClain, Sorel Carradine, Charlie Barnett, Cameron Scoggins, Maria Dizzia, Sue Jean Kim, Jamie Harrold, Michael Nathanson
Running Time: 87 min
The sophomore film from Rodney Evans, acclaimed director of the Sundance award-winning film Brother to Brother, THE HAPPY SAD is a powerful, and timely, narrative film exploring issues of sexuality, fidelity and race in contemporary America.
Two young couples in New York – one black and gay, one white and heterosexual – find their lives intertwined as they create new relationship norms, explore sexual identity, and redefine monogamy. The film therefore uses the multicultural ensemble to explore the questions that alternative twenty- and thirty-year olds face in a culture where there appears to be endless possibilities for sex but also a resistance to any definitive model for a “proper” relationship. It juxtaposes the storylines of the two main couples Marcus (Leroy McClain) and Aaron (Charlie Barnett) , Stan (Cameron Scoggins) and Annie (Sorel Carradine) ) to highlight the ethical dilemmas facing men and women who are trying to create new ways to be in a loving relationship, while recognizing that monogamy might not be for them.
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