Set in an urban fairytale, DeShawn (an unlikely anti-hero) is smack-dabbing in the middle of a peculiar crossroads. He is haunted by the ghosts of one hundred men: ex-“boyfriends,” in addition to the ghosts of everyone they dated. His days are filled with spiraling epiphanies and lucid, reckless bohemianism fueled by systemic poverty and HIV ennui. In this particular sketch he is relating his philosophy of the world to an unknown caller on his landline telephone while magically shrink-fitting a new pair of jeans that he recently shoplifted from Levi’s. Commissioned by Visual AIDS in 2017 as part of ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS, a program of seven videos prioritizing Black narratives within the ongoing AIDS epidemic curated by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett.
Directed by Brontez Purnell
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Brontez Purnell
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Brontez Purnell
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Brontez Purnell
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Brontez Purnell
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Popular Reviews
6 reviews
masha zinchenko
8.0★ · 12/13/25
I liberated them from capitalism.
i want to memorize every line, this film is insanely quotable
I liberated them from capitalism.
i want to memorize every line, this film is insanely quotable
Ry
i do love a tequila sunrise tho
i do love a tequila sunrise tho
Ecknos
7.0★ · 10/21/23
this that good yappin
this that good yappin
Tucker Clement
that was hysterical and exactly my humor
that was hysterical and exactly my humor
hobb shaw
5.5★ · 10/18/20
very very funny. I wanted to be made at the rape joke, but it was actually funny 🙄
very very funny. I wanted to be made at the rape joke, but it was actually funny 🙄
