The Night It Rained (lgbt short film)
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THE NIGHT IT RAINED by Lamont Lamar
Running from the past, a queer college student is now faced to make a life-altering decision after losing his scholarship.
CAST & CREW Directed by: Lamont Lamar
Written by: Lamont Lamar & Mustafaa Tajuddin
Produced by: Brianuna Draper, Andres Gimenez, Parker Gayan
Cinematography by: Evan Weidenkeller
Production Design by: Isabella Rivera
Edited by: Richard Valencia
Sound Design by: Chris Camacho
Music by: Ben Stanbridge
Starring: Evan Joelle, Aland Brikfani, Karen Southall, Bri & Levi Smocks
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I really have never seen a film get straight to the point so quickly and efficiently. I believe you ALL understood the assignment! Bravo 👏🏾 I was moved, I was angry about the scholarship and nobody giving a damn about how/why this student felt helpless and hopeless 😩 that’s reality for our Blackest students- no guidance from Academic counselor/ advisers, when his grades started slipping, where’s the tutor and someone that gives af! This film shows all that to the multitude that has experience not having enough resources to live. I was 😡 mad, I was frustrated and I was sad 😞 and I’m still wanting to change some things for the student.
Such a great perspective to our film. I really appreciate your comments. Thank you for following our journey.
The vulnerability of men, gay or straight, resonates from this short. When you feel your back is against the wall, you must submit to your needs and fears to survive another day's challenges. The abandonment from those who promised to protect him creates a lack of access and forces him to give up the one possession he has, his soul, in order to survive.
This story needs to be told for several reasons. Thank you.
Thank you so much for seeing the importance of the film. It truly means so much.
The film requires some interpretation. His scholarship, which he's about to lose because of poor grades, never covered all his expenses. To make ends meet, he's pursued the most lucrative profession that could leave him the most time to pursue his studies. He hustles. He sells his body to johns (customers) who can afford to pay more. In desperation, he's now returned to a john who seriously abused him. Or perhaps it was a full scholarship, and he was no longer hustling, but now that he's about to lose the scholarship, he's returning to a trade he had hoped to abandon. Either way, his situation looks resoundingly hopeless. At least in the short term. How he might pursue his education and a better life in the long term is another story-or film. This was beautifully and disturbingly executed. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your comments. Your thoughts on how we decided to tell this story is very thought provoking. I have been thinking a lot about your comment lately as I develop the film into a feature.
@@lamontlamar2473 Presumably, in a feature-length film, viewers will already know his situation when this scene, or one comparable, occurs. You have some interesting choices.
How will we know when the feature film is complete and the film and/or clips are available?
Very interesting story.....The joy of childhood stripped away by the reality of adulthood and the struggle to survive amidst the chaos and turmoil of life.
Thank you for this art! @Lamont Lamar you were absolutely stunning in this story. Kudos to the entire team, special cheers to writers!
So many different emotions experienced while watching this...EXCELLENT!!👌👌👏👏♥️
Love the cinematography, sound track, etc.
Wow. Intense and not what I expected.
It was such a intense and life changing film to make. There was so much research that went into this 12 minute piece alone.
@@lamontlamar2473 Thanks for sharing your work. Difficult to watch, but well done. The emotions that come across are so authentic. Great acting.
I thought the film quite well done. It sends an in-your-face challenge to the tired, over-used cliche that one always has a choice when the reality for many of us is there are times in real life when there are no choices which do not have painful, if not tragic consequences.
Wow! Me ha encantado. Es un trabajo estupendo. Fantástico!!
Poignantly beautiful...
EXCELLENT AND RAW leaving you wanting more
Thank you for the movie. Very very cool and interesting
this sh8 is real guys , still happening to this day.
Wow, I understand and feel your pains when "it rained" it poured....
Excellent short film…. From title, cast, music, timing, circumstances….. very sensitive matter executed very tastefully ….
Great acting from the cast. Thank you for sharing. 12jan23
Seductive and good
While I have no doubt that this sort of shit happens way too often, (to both buyers and sellers) I hate that this is, in any way, thought of as a "gay" film. It's a film about abuse...of power, of wealth, of weaker people, of the Internet, of poor people, of black people.
interesting and yet saddening
This is so dark. so dark.. I have no words...
So sad ,so intense ,
Well OK! Powerful and beautiful but I will have to think awhile.(I love that in a film!)
Thank so much for watching! Forever grateful!
I'm shivering 👀my God
Woah
Good short film. Very well done and performed.
Heartbreaking.
Whatever happens your mom always with you ❤
I can't get rid of mine.
Wow that's nuts
But the clients may also be decent folks, genuinely looking for a connection they otherwise are unable to get..
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That shower scene appears very reminiscent of 2005 Mysterious Skin.
this happens in high school teachers students no joke
For real!
Can we see a part 2 to this
Hopefully coming soon! Working on a feature script! Hope to keep in touch at instagram.com/lamontmlamar/
spooky.
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That was disturbing.
Morale of story: Is a quick buck and fuck really worth it? As the saying goes, you can have anything you want in this world if you are willing to pay the price, but all too often we accept a check for money that our ass cannot cash.
What the 😲
Oh wow...
This was very brutal I wept for him.😢
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Pause. Wtf.
Idk how it's been a month without the title being corrected to "The Night It Rained" 😂😂
I'm not a stupid man. I'm really not, but I hate it when I watch a film and need someone to explain to me what happened. This is one of those films, and I'm going to say, it isn't my fault this time.
Well Wade, I think you need to do some thinking. It's not difficult to comprehend, really.
In loss of his scholarship the protagonist turns desperate to sexwork to make a coin. A client r*pes him. The joy of the childhood days are stripped from the protagonist because the trauma of the sexual assault.
9:09 😵
For $700 what did "he" expect???? Sad.
Why? Are u finished rudely, when he is indeed.
Why anyone would have anything positive to say about this film is beyond comprehension. Perhaps if it were more than this 12+ minute clip it might make sense. As it stands, it only makes sense to the filmmaker/writer. Title, "story", are all over the place. The main character gets a very raw deal ...OK, we get that, but his problems seem to be largely of his own making. And he seems headed for even worse ...most likely at his own hands.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the film. Looking forward to crafting my storytelling abilities over my lifetime!
@@lamontlamar2473
If you expect lgbt audiences to view your films you need to do some sole searching into your internalized homophobia. The cliche of homosexuals being violent villains in films goes back vaudeville. Read Celluloid Closet by Vito Russo.
For the sake of realism when it comes to male prostitution there is no market for bottom boys. Almost all male prostitutes play the active role.
Put the blame on the victim...classic move 😑.
We don't know why the protagonist ended in this horrible situation. He seems estranged from his family but we don't know why. He fails his grades but we don't know why.
The only thing sure is the sexual abuse and trauma.
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I felt like $700 was a rape of a price to begin with 🫣🥴 sorry.
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