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On the Downlow
Docurama // Unrated // September 23, 2008
List Price: $26.95 [Buy now and save at Amazon]
Popularized as urban slang for any discreet activity or relationship, "on the downlow" has increasingly been appropriated to refer to men that have homosexual sex but who do not publicly identify themselves as gay. Five working-class African-American men living the DL lifestyle in inner-city Cleveland, Ohio allow filmmaker Abigail Child to document their experiences in On the Downlow (54 min., 2007). There are a handful of good moments here including a moving scene of a son coming out to his father, On the Downlow appears to be constructed from too few hours of footage.
The 2.0 DD audio generally captures most of the dialogue though the audio tends to be overly harsh and there is no noticable separation. No subtitles are offered on this release.
Extras include a casting tape (15 min.), theatrical trailer (1 min.), a filmmaker's bio, and trailers for four other Docudrama releases.
On the Downlow is available individually or bundled with 11 other feature-length documentaries in the Docudrama Film Festival, Volume 5 box set (MSRP $279.95).
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