Overview

Set in an urban landscape rife with violence and homophobia, Dear Donovan is a fictional film about an adolescent boy forced to join his elder brother’s gang for protection while confronting personal doubts about his sexuality. Threatened by his brother’s archenemy, he befriends a boy from the rival gang who has traversed the same treacherous path, through violence and homophobia, to arrive at a decision to leave it all behind. Our hero must now choose his own path.