That Certain Summer (1972)

Directed by

Lamont Johnson

Genre

LGBTQ-related film, LGBT-related television series

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy visits his divorced father in San Francisco and discovers that his father is living with a male partner. The father tries to explain his relationship to his son while navigating the social pressures of the early 1970s.

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What happens

That Certain Summer is a 1972 American made-for-television drama film directed by Lamont Johnson. The teleplay by Richard Levinson and William Link was considered the first sympathetic depiction of gay people on American television. Produced by Universal Television, it was broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week on November 1, 1972, and received a number of television awards and nominations. The movie was also recognized as being the first network drama to depict a stable, same-sex couple; the first to depict a gay parent; and the first gay themed show to win an Emmy, with Scott Jacoby winning for his performance. A novelization of the film written by Burton Wohl was published by Bantam Books. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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