Films
The Good American
Light House 4 / Fri Jul 31 / 5.30pm / €8
UK and Irish Premiere
Dir. Jochen Hick 2009 Germany 90mins
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The new film from veteran queer documentary filmmaker, Jochen Hick, tells the story of the rise of Tom Weise in America and his eventual return to Germany. Tom Weise is known worldwide as a pioneer in clubbing and online gay culture with his Hustlaball event and rentboy.com businesses.
A champion of the escort community, Weise moved to America at the beginning of the 1990s where he remained illegal for over 15 years - because of his HIV-positive status. Scraping by in the escort business, he eventually built the largest online escort business in the world, and the eponymous club night celebrating hustler life. Finally settling down with a long-term partner, and battling illness, Tom finally decides to return to Berlin preventing any possible return to the States but also bringing Hustlaball home!
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2009