It’s not often that I post about short films but I loved this short film I watched earlier today from Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk, called ‘El SMS’. Coca-Cola commissioned a few short films as part of their ‘True Friendship’ campaign and I was blown away by this one. According to its synopsis, the short film is about “a group of teen boys joke and tease each other in the usual high school way about girls, video games and such-like. Two of the boys are especially close buddies, but Rafael is hiding something from his friend Diego– he’s gay. When he leaves his phone unattended, Diego reads a text that surprises him. His decision to cover for his friend, and accept him for who he is, is what cements this true friendship. And, as Rafael points out, gay guys know all the pretty girls.”
Black said in a statement: “‘The Text’ was perhaps the most personal for me to direct. As an artist, I feel I have a responsibility to share the stories of who LGBT people truly are in order to dispel any atmosphere of fear that might prevent LGBT people from sharing their lives openly.” He added, “For Coca-Cola to take a pro-diversity, pro-equality stance creates a lot of goodwill in the LGBT community.”
Well done to Coca-Cola on this awesome initiative and to Dustin for creating a masterpiece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTm1Qas2ti0
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