Gay Pride Month: Chris Mason Johnson & Scott Marlowe, Test

San Francisco's Chris Mason Johnson and Scott Marlowe, respectively the filmmaker and star of Test, introduced their drama to the 64th Berlin Film Festival. Set in 1985 San Fran, when the first blood test to identify the AIDS virus is developed, Test spotlights a mostly male, contemporary dance troupe facing the sea change that this new disease represents. The film captures this moment in history when feelings of fear, paranoia and hope swept the city, along with the realization that the world would never be quite the same. Johnson, who was with the Frankfurt Ballet and Baryshnikov's White Oaks Project, sheds a positive light on this fraught time. Marlowe is a trained as a dancer and appears in Test making his acting debut. 

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