| Homotopia | |
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| Directed by | Eric Stanley Chris Vargas |
| Written by | Eric Stanley Chris Vargas |
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Running time | 27 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Homotopia is a 2007 short film by Eric A. Stanley and Chris E. Vargas. The film talks about the politics of gay marriage and assimilation[1] and addresses issues of racism, colonialism, HIV/AIDS, and the State.
Yoshi, the main character, falls in love with someone he meets in a park bathroom while reading Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks. Sadly, his new love interest is about to marry another man. Yoshi and his friends decide to interrupt the wedding.[2]
Homotopia stars San Francisco-based performance/visual artist Jason/Joy Fritz, gender illusionist Susan Withans, Kentaro J. Kaneko, who worked with Gay Shame, Ralowe T. Ampu, formerly of Deep Dickollective, and author/activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, also known as Matt Bernstein Sycamore.
A sequel to Homotopia was created eight years later, titled Criminal Queers. The film is a "Prison-Break style comedy," meant as a commentary on the American prison system and its oppression of LGBTQ people.[3]
The film has fewer than fifty ratings on Rotten Tomatoes,[4] a 7.2/10-star rating with 20 reviews on IMDb,[5] and one 2-star rating on Letterboxd.[6]
