Completed: 1990
Released theatrically: No
Broadcast on Local PBS
Available For Rent: Yes
Running Time: 30 Minutes
Synopsis
From August '86 to July '87, Dave Chan and I followed four brothers, Ankh,
14, Imra, 13, Mentu, 10, and Tahootie, 6, through school, streets, and
home with a Nagra and a CP-16 camera. We looked like high school students
and so were almost invisible to the adult population. Ankh and Imra, who
had both lost their virginity but perhaps not their innocence, were amazingly
forthcoming about their lives, and I think the resulting footage and movie
is fairly unique in it's authentic depiction of a certain kind of male,
urban childhood. -- Gordon Eriksen
Blurbs
"A completely fresh, high energy level look at the
experience shared by almost all young people today as they grope towards
some understanding of gender, sex, and coming of age."
-- Ross McElwee (Sherman's March)