It’s 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is
changing.
Reza is an Iranian
boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his
stepfather and stepbrother. He’s terrified that someone will guess
the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he’s
gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media’s images of men
dying of AIDS.
Judy is an aspiring
fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS
who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has
never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they
start dating.
Art is Judy’s best
friend, their school’s only out and proud teen. He’ll never be
who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by
documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.
As Reza and Art grow
closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won’t
break Judy’s heart—and destroy the most meaningful friendship
he’s ever known.
This is a
bighearted, sprawling epic about friendship and love and the
revolutionary act of living life to the fullest in the face of
impossible odds.