The Infamous T

Directed by Melissa Koch

Examines an intimate year in the life of Jonathon, a young gay man finding himself while living at the intersection of queer and black identities and struggling with a lifetime of homelessness. As he struggles to balance his family of origin and family of choice, stay in school, and be his most authentic self, Jonathon discovers that home is more than four walls, and friendship can transform us.
What gives The Infamous T its force is how little it needs to manufacture drama. Melissa Koch follows a gay teenager moving from homelessness into a white LGBT foster home, and the short film lets the instability of his past sit beside the possibility of something better. Jonathan is funny, guarded and resilient, which keeps the documentary from reducing him to a case study.

The Infamous T

Directed by Melissa Koch

Examines an intimate year in the life of Jonathon, a young gay man finding himself while living at the intersection of queer and black identities and struggling with a lifetime of homelessness. As he struggles to balance his family of origin and family of choice, stay in school, and be his most authentic self, Jonathon discovers that home is more than four walls, and friendship can transform us.

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What gives The Infamous T its force is how little it needs to manufacture drama. Melissa Koch follows a gay teenager moving from homelessness into a white LGBT foster home, and the short film lets the instability of his past sit beside the possibility of something better. Jonathan is funny, guarded and resilient, which keeps the documentary from reducing him to a case study.