Presents


Synopsis

Log Line :    Truth can be contained  for only so long

Short Synopsis:    Popular and athletic, Hugh struggles with containing his true sexual identity while attending high school in the 1970's. 
At the same time, he fights to get the  town's nuclear power plant to disclose the truth's of it's releases. 
Ultimately, both have a meltdown.

Synopsis:    In 1979, disclosing your homosexuality in a small town high school was risky business, especially if you were at the top of the social ladder. Popular and athletic, Hugh struggles with containing his true sexual identity.  Outside of school, he attends community meetings of concerned citizens of the local nuclear power plant, where he meets Winston, a slightly older and disabled young man.  Hanging out at Winston's place, he safely confides in his distress of a fellow student, Kabold, who is outwardly gay and in deep pain. As the truth's of the power plant are researched together, Hugh struggles with releasing his own truths, until the plant has a general emergency, releasing radiated steam, and he can't keep his sexuality contained any longer.

Director's Statement:    This is a story about cover-ups - A young man's personal identity and a nuclear power plant's activities and risks.  Based on actual events surrounding the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in 1979. I shot on location in the actual areas in small town Pennsylvania, recreating the time period. Having grown up there and evacuated, I feel a kinship with the story. The cover-ups during and after the accident parallel human nature everywhere. I wanted the movie to appeal to high school age groups so they could benefit from the hidden identity story and to appeal to adults who are the owner's of operations that affect the lives of other people.