Proteus [videorecording] / Strand Releasing presents a Big World Cinema/Pluck Production in association with Idol Pictures ; a film by Jack Lewis and John Greyson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Rouxnet Brown, Shaun Smyth, Neil Sandilands, Kristen Thomson. Special features: Radio interview with Jack Lewis and John Greyson with Celluloid Dreams host, Tim Sika ; original theatrical trailer.
Summary:
A fact-based interracial gay love story of two men incarcerated in the infamous South African Robin Island prison in the 18th century. Claas Blank, a Koi herder was unjustly imprisoned for stealing cattle. Rijkhaart Jacobsz, a withdrawn Dutch sailor, was imprisoned for the crime of homosexuality. The two were placed on trial for sodomy and the film is based partly on court transcripts from the time.
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