The Dead Boys' Club

The Dead Boys’ Club is the story of a young man in a world haunted by the absence of an entire generation of men that have gone before him. It’s a generation that he should have known but, because of AIDS, is one that he can only imagine in this seminal 1992 short film by Mark Christopher (54, 54: Director’s Cut ).

Awkward and shy, Toby is visiting his New York cousin Packard, who gives him a pair of shoes previously owned by his recently deceased lover. When Toby dons the shoes, he is transported to the pre-AIDS 1970s world of promiscuity, hot guys, and glitter balls. The Dead Boys’ Club is an evocative, sexy, and humorous exploration of a young man’s coming out, and an homage to the generation that paved the way—some with their lives—before him.