TEST: A Film by Chris Mason Johnson with Choreography by Sidra Bell
Company:
Sidra Bell (Sidra Bell Dance New York)
New York, NY - JUNE 2014
Contact: sbdnypress@gmail.com / (212) 567-0411
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdIFfUVMkrQ
TEST
“Excellent, gripping, surprisingly funny and beautifully shot.” — Out Magazine
Grand Jury Award — Best Screenplay and Best U.S. Dramatic Feature, Outfest
Set in the free-spirited San Francisco of 1985, Chris Mason Johnson’s Test lovingly portrays this exciting and harrowing era as young Frankie (dancer Scott Marlowe in a breakout acting debut) confronts the challenges of being an understudy in a modern dance company where he’s taunted to “dance like a man!” Frankie embarks on a budding relationship with hunky Todd (Matthew Risch, HBO’s “Looking”), a veteran dancer in the same company and the bad boy to Frankie’s naiveté. As Frankie and Todd’s friendship deepens, they navigate a world of risk — it’s the early years of the epidemic — but also a world of hope, humor, visual beauty and musical relief.
The captivating dance sequences were especially choreographed for the film by acclaimed U.S. choreographer Sidra Bell. The film’s vibrant soundtrack includes work by ‘80s icons Jimmy Somerville (Bronski Beat), Klaus Nomi, Romeo Void, Laurie Anderson, Martha and the Muffins, Cocteau Twins and Sylvester.
Test is a beautiful new gay drama from writer-director Chris Mason Johnson (The New Twenty).
Locations:
June 6 - San Francisco, Berkeley, Sebastopol
June 10 - Denver CO, Portland, Denver, Philadelphia
June 12 - Dallas
June 13 - New York City (Quad Cinema) - Showtimes 1:00, 7:30
For further information/National Selected Theaters: http://www.testthefilm.com/#!in-theaters/caok
