PERKINS 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920

PERKINS 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920

Release Date: 2008-11-26

Overview: In 1920, Harvard University convened a secret court to interview, charge and discipline students suspected of being homosexual. Thirty-seven men testified before the Court, including a tutor, an assistant professor, Harvard students, and several Boston men. After two weeks of testimony, eight Harvard men were forced to withdraw, one of whom committed suicide. Based on actual court documents, "Perkins 28" dramatizes the testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920, nine episodes of testimony before the Court. Filmed in Cambridge, MA, and starring Harvard undergraduates.

Rating: 1 / 10

Cast

Nelson Greaves

Nelson Greaves

as Regent Matthew Luce

DJ Smolinsky

DJ Smolinsky

as Edward Say

Christopher Carothers

Christopher Carothers

as Assistant Dean Gay

Benjamin Cosgrove

Benjamin Cosgrove

as Ernest Roberts

Steven DeMarco

Steven DeMarco

as Joseph Lumbard

Crew

  • Michael Van Devere - Director

  • Michael Van Devere - Writer

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