- Rural Illinois, 1985. When a same-sex family's teenage son invites a friend to stay overnight, their elaborate plans to appear "in the closet" backfire -- leaving only one chance to salvage their family's secret.
- SPARE ROOMS is a short film that takes the classic coming-of-age story to an almost forgotten world: the height of the Reagan-era, experienced by a family on the fringe. It's 1985, the rural Midwest. When a same-sex family's teenage son, Will, invites his friend Walker to stay overnight, Will's parents, Rae and Marie, create elaborate plans to appear in the closet. And when those plans backfire, how Will attempts to salvage his family's secret has the potential to change their lives forever. Told from Will's perspective, SPARE ROOMS takes its cue from writer/director Matthew Bowden's own upbringing in a closeted household during the '70s and '80s. It's a film about courage, compromise, and resilience-finding the extraordinary in the ordinary ways we all strive to be happy, to raise families, to be ourselves. In this light, the story Spare Rooms has to tell belongs to everybody-it never grows old.—Matthew T. Bowden
- 1985. The rural Midwest. When a same-sex family's teenage son invites a school friend to stay overnight, their elaborate plans to appear in the closet backfire, leaving their reluctant son to hold their secret together. SPARE ROOMS takes the classic coming of age story to an almost forgotten world, the height of the Reagan Era, experienced by a family on the fringe. Their risks and their story echo even louder today.
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