Getting a film made – whether independent or big-budget – is a crapshoot and a struggle, something I’ve personally had some experience with over the years. It’s often those long-gestating projects that hold the most meaning, and for activist and artist Vincent Gagliostro, that project is AFTER LOUIE – a film that he will soon direct from a screenplay that he’s co-written with NYC writer/actor Anthony Johnston. Bridging generations and shaped by Gagliostro’s own experiences as an original member of ACT UP (The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), AFTER LOUIE tells the story of an artist and former AIDS activist (portrayed by Alan Cumming) “that has become disillusioned with the world around him until he meets a young man.” The film is currently on Kickstarter with $17,383 of a $72,500 goal raised with 15 days remaining in the campaign. See the pitch for the film below, complete with words from the cast and filmmakers.
About AFTER LOUIE: AFTER LOUIE explores the contradictions of modern gay life and history through Sam (ALAN CUMMING), a man desperate to understand how he and his community got to where they are today.
As an AIDS activist and member of ACT UP in the 1980s and 90s, Sam witnessed the deaths of too many friends and lovers. Battle-wounded and struggling with survivor’s guilt, Sam now resents the complacency of his former comrades and derides what he sees as the younger generation’s indifference to the politics of sex, and of death.
An unexpected intimacy with a much younger man, Braeden (ZACHARY BOOTH), challenges Sam’s understanding of contemporary gay life. Through this unconventional romance, he is forced to deal with the trauma that so informs his past, their present, and an unknown future.
AFTER LOUIE stars Alan Cumming, Zachary Booth, Wilson Cruz, Anthony Johnston, David Drake, Justin Vivian Bond and Joey Arias
Want to help make this movie happen? Visit Kickstarter to check out the available rewards and to pledge your support!
