Cicada plays the virtual Frameline44 this September 17-27.Cicada tells the story of Ben (Fifer), a horny bisexual man always on the make for a new sexual encounter.
When he crosses paths with the handsome Sam (Brown), a one-off hook up won’t do. Together, the two men begin to explore their attraction to one another, and discover deep and violent pain buried deep within themselves.
Set firmly in 2013, Cicada meditates on a changing society: one in which the specter of the AIDS crisis has begun to fade, and in which the cries for racial justice have become renewed, sex crimes against boys have come to the fore, and masculinity remains an ever-fragile idiom.We snagged some time to chat with Brown & Fifer about their unusual collaborative.