“The Boys in the Band”
With a cast of exceptional and exclusively openly gay actors, "Boys In The Band" takes on themes of homophobia, racism, vanity, and substance abuse.

In a dystopian future, the world is suffering from overpopulation. A group of radicals calling themselves the "Enthusiasts" are trying to prove the Myth to the world. The Myth is the world they are living in is inside of a shell, and there is a bigger and unknown world outside of it. Will, a depressed and cynical assassin, is determined to kill the leader of the Enthusiasts. But when he fails to kill a young Enthusiast, he begins to question whether or not the Myth may actually be true.
With a cast of exceptional and exclusively openly gay actors, "Boys In The Band" takes on themes of homophobia, racism, vanity, and substance abuse.
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