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Barrio Boy

Country: USA, Language: English, 8 mins

  • Director: Dennis Shinners
  • Writer: Dennis Shinners
  • Producer: Catherine Crowe; Crystal McIntosh

CGiii Comment

Erm...it has a beginning, middle and no [satisfactory] ending.

Being a little more frugal with the voice-over would have improved the film enormously.

Still, not bad.


Trailer...

BARRIO BOY from Carl Vasile on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

A gay Latino barber secretly falls in love with a handsome stranger during a hot and sweaty summer in a macho Brooklyn hood.

Cast & Characters

Dennis Garcia as Quique;
Dan Leonard as Kevin;
Andrew Flores as Rafa;
Peter Olivera as Cuz