I am Michael

Author

Justin Kelly

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS, WSQ)

Performers

James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Avan Jogia, Lesley Ann Warren, Ahna O'Reilly.

Publication Information

[Beverly Hills, California] : Brainstorm Media, [2017]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (82 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Based on the true-life story of Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes an anti-gay Christian pastor. Michael is a high profile gay youth activist who created a national controversy when he claimed to no longer be gay and became a straight Christian pastor. The film follows Michael from his life in San Francisco with his boyfriend Bennett--where he pursues political activism, a journalist career at XY Magazine, social awareness, and sexual exploration--to his days of personal self-discovery. After a traumatic scare, Michael is plagued by doubt and paranoia, and begins a religious reawakening. Michael renounces his gay lifestyle, rejects his friends, and endeavors to find his "true self." He explores Buddhism and Mormonism, yet ultimately lands at a Christian Bible school in rural Wyoming where he meets his girlfriend Rebekah, and becomes the pastor of his own church.

Notes

Title from container.

Running time on container: 100 min.

Based on the New York Times Magazine article "My ex-gay friend" by Benoit Denizet-Lewis.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015.