| Finding North | |
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| Directed by | Tanya Wexler |
| Written by | Kim Powers |
| Produced by | Stephen Dyer Steven A. Jones |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Michael Barrett |
| Edited by | Thom Zimny |
| Music by | Café Noir |
| Distributed by | Cowboy Booking International |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Finding North is a 1998 gay-themed independent comedy-drama film. Written by Kim Powers and directed by Tanya Wexler, the film stars Wendy Makkena and John Benjamin Hickey.
Finding North tells the story of Rhonda (Makkena), a bank teller who's depressed upon turning 30, and Travis (Hickey), a gay man who's recently lost his lover to AIDS and grown suicidal. Travis receives an audio tape recorded by his lover, Bobby, before his death which sends him on a scavenger hunt of sorts to Bobby's home town in Texas. Through a series of mishaps, Rhonda ends up accompanying him on his journey. Together they follow Bobby's instructions as best they can, collecting items that represent Bobby's past, despite the many changes to the town in the years since Bobby left. Ultimately they end up at the grave site Bobby's parents had prepared for him decades earlier. They bury the collected items at Bobby's instruction and together start to try "finding north" (an expression of Bobby's; "when things hit rock bottom, sure as hell can't get any further south, might as well start finding north").
Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Rosebud Award - Best Film (nominated)
Finding North was released on Region 1 DVD on March 7, 2000.
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