PERKINS 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920

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2008 / 76min.

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Genres

Drama

History

Synopsis

In 1920, Harvard University convened a secret court to interview, charge and discipline students suspected of being homosexual. Thirty-seven men testified before the Court, including a tutor, an assistant professor, Harvard students, and several Boston men. After two weeks of testimony, eight Harvard men were forced to withdraw, one of whom committed suicide. Based on actual court documents, "Perkins 28" dramatizes the testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920, nine episodes of testimony before the Court. Filmed in Cambridge, MA, and starring Harvard undergraduates.

Directors

Actors

Nelson Greaves

Steven DeMarco

DJ Smolinsky

Christopher Carothers

Benjamin Cosgrove

Nicholas Hasselberg

Giles Hopkins Holt

Nikita Makarachev

Jonah Priour

Michael Segal

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