Boys Beware

Directed by Sid Davis

This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.
Boys Beware is a notorious short film whose value today lies almost entirely in what it reveals about institutional homophobia rather than in the hateful message it was created to promote. Its equation of homosexuality with predatory behaviour is offensive and historically damaging, yet the film now survives as a stark record of how fear and misinformation were once presented to young people as education.

Boys Beware

Directed by Sid Davis

This anti-homosexual social "scare" short film focuses on the dangers of young boys talking to strangers.

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Boys Beware is a notorious short film whose value today lies almost entirely in what it reveals about institutional homophobia rather than in the hateful message it was created to promote. Its equation of homosexuality with predatory behaviour is offensive and historically damaging, yet the film now survives as a stark record of how fear and misinformation were once presented to young people as education.