Elegance Bratton turned his experience as a gay Marine into the film The Inspection | Here & Queer

Описание: In this edition of our series Here & Queer, filmmaker Elegance Bratton sits down with host Peter Knegt to talk about turning his trauma into the award-winning movie The Inspection.

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While filmmakers often choose to draw from the story of their own life for their feature film debuts, few have quite so much to work with as Elegance Bratton.

Kicked out of his mother's New Jersey home at the age of 16 for being gay, Bratton was homeless for nearly a decade before deciding to join the Marines, where he would end up serving as a combat cameraman. The latter experience gave him the initial tools that led to his career in filmmaking — but his time in the military also serves as the premise for The Inspection, Bratton's acclaimed film about a young gay man (Jeremy Pope, who has already been nominated for a Golden Globe and a Spirit Award for his performance) struggling to survive boot camp in the era of "don't ask, don't tell."

Bratton — who has been nominated for a Spirit Award for best first feature for the film — stopped by the Here & Queer set to talk about his experience making the film, how it serves as a complicated tribute to his late mother, and what it's been like promoting it through awards season.

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