Test (2013 film)

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Test
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Film poster
Directed byChris Mason Johnson
Written byChris Mason Johnson
Starring
Production
companies
Serious Productions, Gloss Studio
Distributed byVariance Films
Release date
  • June 7, 2013 (2013-06-07) (Seattle International Film Festival)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Test is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Chris Mason Johnson. The film was screened in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[1][2]

The film is set in San Francisco in 1985, shortly after the launch of the first effective HIV test,[3] and depicts the effects of the HIV/AIDS crisis on a professional dance company based in the city.[3]

The film won two Jury Awards, for Best American Dramatic Feature Film and Best Screenwriting, at the 2013 Outfest in Los Angeles.[4]

Cast[]

  • Kevin Clarke as Bill
  • Kristoffer Cusick as Walt
  • Scott Marlowe as Frankie
  • Matthew Risch as Todd
  • Damon K. Sperber as Dr. Corbett

References[]

  1. ^ "Panorama 2014: First Films". berlinale. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Test". berlinale. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "'Test', Chris Mason Johnson's Dance Film, Tackles HIV/AIDS". Huffington Post, May 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "Outfest Los Angeles: Chris Mason Johnson, ‘Test’ Claim Jury Prizes". The Wrap, July 21, 2013.

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