Sins Unveiled
2020 · 13m · USA
Directed by Joe Laporte, David Liehn
Tones: melancholic, provocative, tense
In a small town consumed by fear and prejudice, hate and violence erupt when residents are confronted with the unknown. The film explores LGBTQ themes through the lens of how ignorance and bigotry can devastate a community.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Small-town-bigotry parable as thriller, with all the genre subtlety of the title — heart in the right place, the rest somewhere in the early 2000s. I've read the trailer description before.
Earnest small-town anti-LGBTQ thriller territory; the comparisons to Boys Don't Cry and Brokeback Mountain set a bar a thirteen-minute Klipist short is unlikely to clear. Worthy intentions, conventional form.
Small-town anti-LGBTQ horror is a worthwhile frame but the page summary doesn't surface any specific craft hook - lens, sound design, performance moment - that distinguishes the execution. Without more, I'm reserved.
Reviews
On screen, the film strongly represents the LGBTQ community in how prejudice and its ignorance can be damaging.
Sins Unveiled documents the primal fear that small towns and small minds often resort to hate and violence when confronted with the unknown.
Festivals
- Indie Short Fest 2020
- Los Angeles International Short Film Festival 2020