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Parallel Sons

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Parallel Sons (1996)

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Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: An unlikely friendship develops between Seth, a rural white boy fascinated by urban black culture, and Knowledge, a black prison escapee who tries to rob him. As Seth protects Knowledge from the... An unlikely friendship develops between Seth, a rural white boy fascinated by urban black culture, and Knowledge, a black prison escapee who tries to rob him. As Seth protects Knowledge from the police a bond forms between the two. A film festival favorite [More]

Starring: Murphy Guyer, Gabriel Mann, Laurence Mason, Heather Gottlieb

Starring: Murphy Guyer, Gabriel Mann, Laurence Mason, Heather Gottlieb, Julia Weldon, Graham Alex Johnson, Maureen Shannon

Director: John G. Young

Director: John G. Young
Screenwriter: John G. Young
Producer: Nancy Larsen, James Spione
Composer: E. D. Menasche

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Simply too adolescently overwrought to sit well with late '90s audiences, gay or otherwise.

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07/11/07
Bob Satuloff
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it becomes impossible to excuse the many bad decisions the young friends make on their doomed path to freedom.

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Don Willmott
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