Parallel Sons

Story

Synopsis

Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a fascination with Black pop culture, and a dead-end life in an Adirondack village. He's alternatively sensitive and brutal with Kristen, who wants a sexual relationship that he explosively rejects. Late one night, as he's closing the cafe where he works, a young Black man attempts to rob him at gun point but faints from illness. Seth takes the man, Knowledge, an escapee from a nearby prison, to a family cabin where he nurses him and they begin a tentative friendship. When the sheriff learns of Seth's harboring a fugitive, a confrontation looms. Relationships between fathers and their children dominate the subplots.

Director

John G. Young

Writers

John G. Young

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

7 November 1996

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Gabriel Mann

  Seth Carlson

• 

  Laurence Mason

  Knowledge Johnson

• 

  Murphy Guyer

  Sheriff Mott

• Graham Alex Johnson

  Peter Carlson

• Heather Gottlieb

  Kristen Mott

• 

  Josh Hopkins

  Marty

• Maureen Shannon

  Francine

• 

  Julia Weldon

  Sally Carlson