Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
- Director: Monte Bramer
- Writer: Monte Bramer
- Producer: Lesli Klainberg
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Narrated by Linda Hunt, this documentary examines the life of the late author and gay rights activist Paul Monette. Born in 1945 to a well-off Massachusetts family, Monette grows up unable to accept his homosexuality, for years hiding it from his loved ones while struggling to develop as a writer. In 1978, Monette publishes his first novel, which allows him to come out to his parents. After losing one lover to AIDS in 1986, he becomes a ferocious advocate for awareness of the disease.
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Cast & Characters
Judith Light as Herself;
Robert Desiderio as Himself;
Tom Hulce as Himself;
Jonathan Fried as Narrator: readings;
Linda Hunt as Narrator;
Paul Monette as Himself;
Winston Wilde as Himself