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Alkali, Iowa

Country: United States, Language: English, 17 mins

  • Director: Mark Christopher
  • Writer: Mark Christopher
  • Producer: Jason Kliot; Ann Ruark

CGiii Comment

Oooh the rough and tumble of the Midwest...the secret gay porn stash of a dead father.

The premise is good, the execution and writing is truly bizarre.

A picnic with a sparkler...weird.

But, there is something rather sweet about this little film - definitely worth a look.


No trailer...there was a trailer but it has since disappeared!

The(ir) Blurb...

On his family's farm in rural Iowa, young Jack Gudmanson is wrestling with his sexual identity, not an easy thing to do in the macho world of the Midwest. But things become clearer for him when he discovers via a rusty old lunch box filled with gay magazines that his father, killed in Vietnam, led a double life down on the farm. But as liberating as the discovery is for Jack, it is painful for his grandfather and mother, who have tried for years to keep it a family secret. Now Jack must decide whether to share this new information with his younger sister or allow it to remain buried a while longer.

Cast & Characters

J.D. Cerna as Jack Gudmanson;
Mary Beth Hurt as June;
Edward Seamon as Bill;
Ellen Hamilton Latzen as Carol;
Kent Broadhurst as Roger;
Greg Villepique as Jacko