The Hunter

Directed by Sam McConnell

On a hot summer night in 1985 Greenwich Village, a young man, new to the city, leaves a gay bar with a flamboyant performance artist, but his animated story of Antigone is soon rudely interrupted in this period tribute to the wild gay scene of the mid-1980s. What starts as a hot date soon uncovers much deeper layers of race, class, history, and disease. The concept and identity of the hunter is fluid throughout, as it examines the shifting dynamics of power, attraction, and trust.
Based on the novel In the City of Shy Hunters by Tom Spanbauer. Buy the book on Amazon.

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The Hunter is a moody gay short film about attraction, pursuit and the uneasy line between desire and obsession. Sam McConnell builds the story around atmosphere and physical presence, creating a sense of tension that grows from uncertainty rather than overt threat. The result is restrained but quietly unsettling.

The Hunter

Directed by Sam McConnell

On a hot summer night in 1985 Greenwich Village, a young man, new to the city, leaves a gay bar with a flamboyant performance artist, but his animated story of Antigone is soon rudely interrupted in this period tribute to the wild gay scene of the mid-1980s. What starts as a hot date soon uncovers much deeper layers of race, class, history, and disease. The concept and identity of the hunter is fluid throughout, as it examines the shifting dynamics of power, attraction, and trust.
Based on the novel In the City of Shy Hunters by Tom Spanbauer. Buy the book on Amazon.

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The Hunter is a moody gay short film about attraction, pursuit and the uneasy line between desire and obsession. Sam McConnell builds the story around atmosphere and physical presence, creating a sense of tension that grows from uncertainty rather than overt threat. The result is restrained but quietly unsettling.