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Summary
Traveling back to the places where he grew up, Dustin Lance Black explores his childhood roots, gay identity and close relationship with his mother, who overcame childhood polio, abusive marriages and Mormon dogma, while becoming Black’s emotional rock and, ultimately, the inspiration for his activism.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+11)
Critics 88Audiences 77GoodWatch 70
Tomatometer88%
Audience score81%
IMDb7.8
Letterboxd · 785 ratings3.6/5
Running time
1 h 42 min
A typical length for documentaries, +6 min on the typical 96
typical 96102Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 74 countries
+64Released
2022
October 18, 2022
4 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Directing · 1
- Laurent Bouzereau Director, Executive Producer
Writing · 1
- Dustin Lance Black Book
Production · 10
- Gary Goetzman Executive Producer
- Markus Keith Executive Producer
- Beau Ward Executive Producer
- Michael Glassman Executive Producer
- Mehrdod Heydari Executive Producer
- Mickey Liddell Producer
Editing · 1
- Jason Summers Editor
Sound · 1
- Raphaelle Thibaut Original Music Composer
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