Southern Baptist Sissies
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Directed byDel Shores
Written byDel Shores
Based onSouthern Baptist Sissies
by Del Shores
by Del Shores
Produced by
- Emerson Collins
- Del Shores
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| Directed by | Del Shores |
| Written by | Del Shores |
| Based on | Southern Baptist Sissies by Del Shores |
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| Cinematography | Nickolas Dylan Rossi |
| Edited by | Donna Mathewson |
| Music by | Joe Patrick Ward |
Production company | Beard Collins Shores Productions |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Southern Baptist Sissies is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Del Shores.[1] It is based on Shores's 2000 play of the same name.[2]
Based in a small town in Texas, four boys named Mark, Benny, TJ, and Andrew retell their experiences of discovering their homosexuality while being raised in a conservative Baptist church. The film is a satirical comedy and a serious exploration of what it means to be gay.
Cast
- Emerson Collins as Mark
- Willam Belli as Benny
- Matthew Scott Montgomery as Andrew
- Luke Stratte-McClure as TJ
- Bobbie Eakes as Mark's Mother
- Rosemary Alexander as Andrew's Mother
- Joe Patrick Ward as Houston / Bro. Chaffey
- Newell Alexander as Preacher
- Leslie Jordan as Preston 'Peanut' LeRoy
- Dale Dickey as Odette Annette Barnett
- Ann Walker as Benny's Grandmother
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