Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

• 1.0 Documentary
• 1997-01-01
• 90 minutes mins

Narrated by Linda Hunt, this documentary examines the life of the late author and gay rights activist Paul Monette. Born in 1945 to a well-off Massachusetts family, Monette grows up unable to accept his homosexuality, for years hiding it from his loved ones while struggling to develop as a writer. In 1978, Monette publishes his first novel, which allows him to come out to his parents. After losing one lover to AIDS in 1986, he becomes a ferocious advocate for awareness of the disease.

Starring:

Judith Light () Tom Hulce () Paul Monette () Linda Hunt (narrator) Robert Desiderio ()

Director:

Monte Bramer

Writer:

Monte Bramer