The Adults in the Room
2010 | USA | 73 min
ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

In 1995, Andy Blubaugh—then a curious and lonely fifteen-year-old—began a sexual relationship with Peter, a successful, deeply closeted man who was nearly twice his age. In 2010, Andy now a filmmaker and teacher, revisited this complex relationship in a hybrid documentary film and how it informed his own sense of boundaries with his teenage students. The film combines re-enactments of their troubled romance through the recollections of a now wiser Andy and interviews with relationship columnist Dan Savage, educators and social workers to explore this thorny issue of adolescent sexuality and the relationships that make us who we are.


Writer & Director Andy Blubaugh
Producers Erin Donovan, Phoebe Owens
Cinematographers Anna Farrell, Jon Beanlands

FESTIVALS
Frameline34, Outfest 2010, NewFest 2010, Sarasota, Ashland

FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
HDCAM, Digibeta, DVD


PRESS KIT

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