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Texas Studio Wins Best LGBTQ Short at Indie Short Fest Los Angeles.

Updated: Sep 21, 2019

Los Angeles, CA (September 16, 2019) - Innocent Boy directed by Brock Cravy was awarded "Best LGBTQ Short" for the month of August 2019, and was named runner up for "Best Short", with the festival nominating Cravy for Best First Time Director.



Innocent Boy, the first film to be produced by the The Contested Edge, who prides itself as a “queer film studio deep in the heart of Texas”, was additionally recommended for Best Acting Ensemble, Best Production Design, Best Editing, Best Sound Design, Best Special FX, and Best Special Makeup.


The queer horror follows a group of rag-tag hustlers led by a loathsome Madam, played by Tony nominated, Michael Vincent Berry. Penny, a young black trans boy in the throws of withdraw is relentlessly bullied by his brothers in trade, but things change when a murders Cowboy (Kamy Bruder) rides into town. As the boys begin to fall one-by-one, Penny (Unique Jenkins) is caught between Cowboy’s murderous rage and the greed and corruption that the Madam represents.


“We believe our success is attributed to the films unique story, brilliant acting and gorgeous cinematography, AND the inclusion of a queer storyline in a historically under represented genre like horror.” Said Cravy.


“What’s so unique is that, we believe that we have produced the first horror film (non satire) that features a black, transgendered protagonist. A bold choice we haven’t seen, respectively, since Sigourney Weaver in Alien (1979) and Duane Jones in Night of the Living Dead (1968)."

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