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Lavender Men

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Taffeta, a contemporary queer person of color, summons Abraham Lincoln to perform an elaborate historical fantasia within her own head, only to learn that she can't hide from her own present-day demons in the shadows of someone else's past.
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William Bibbiani TheWrap A film with potent ideas, inner conflict, historical imagination, dramatic challenge, queer power, human fragility, humor, sex, pathos. May 4, 2025 Full Review Chris Azzopardi New York Times Tonal whiplash — farcical comedy, heavy drama, even a musical number — undermines the film’s emotional stakes. May 1, 2025 Full Review Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views You will have to rise to its level because it will never make itself more approachable for you. If you can engage with the work, it is achingly moving and memorable. Jun 20, 2025 Full Review Patrick McDonald HollywoodChicago.com This is amazing creativity, in taking the Gay-braham Lincoln theme & turning it into allegory for finding one's self, in which the history of America is essentially a template for the depth, breath and journey of identity & acceptance. Old Rail Splitter! Rated: 4.5/5 May 14, 2025 Full Review Carmen Paddock MovieJawn Lavender Men speaks to the importance of one person rewriting history, thereby discovering their own path forward. Whatever one’s lived experience is, and no matter what the sexuality of a president is, this is a very powerful possibility to explore. May 12, 2025 Full Review John Paul King Washington Blade Refreshingly unpretentious, acknowledging its own campiness without undercutting the authenticity of the voice which drives it – which is, of course, Mason’s. May 9, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Lovell Holder

Director

Roger Q. Mason

Taffeta

Pete Ploszek

Abe

Alex Esola

Elmer

Ted Rooney

The President

Charlie Thurston

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Synopsis Taffeta, a contemporary queer person of color, summons Abraham Lincoln to perform an elaborate historical fantasia within her own head, only to learn that she can't hide from her own present-day demons in the shadows of someone else's past.
Director
Lovell Holder
Producer
Mia Chang, Mia Ellis, Lovell Holder, Roger Q. Mason
Screenwriter
Lovell Holder, Roger Q. Mason
Production Co
CarJack Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 2, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 39m
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