Kevin Burke

First loves, self-discovery, secret desires, homosexuality in the military and sexual awakenings pepper the plot lines of the four shorts featured in this collection of independent gay films. This fifth volume in the Boys Life series includes Michael Burke's "Fishbelly White," Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox's award winner "Time Off," Adam Salky and David Brind's "Dare" and David Ottenhouse's "Late Summer."

A 14-year-old boy manifests mourning by imitating his dead mother's voice and wearing her clothes, behavior that may also indicate a burgeoning homosexuality.