BLACKBIRD


Blackbird is a 2014 black gay movie about Randy Rousseau a high school boy coming of age with his homosexuality. Randy is a devoted christian and leads the choir in the church. He is however struggling with wet dreams which are of a homosexual nature. He keeps praying to God to make the dreams and thoughts stop. He lives with his mother who has been ill and depressed since her daughter Chrissie Rousseau was abducted in a shopping mall never to be seen again.
Efrem and Crystal are Randy's best friends. He talks to them a little about his problems. They insist he must be gay annoying him even further. Randy believes being gay is a sin. He struggles with the denial.
One day Randy auditions for a play. There he meets Marshall a white gay boy. They are playing a part together. Marshall likes Randy. Randy however keeps insisting that he is heterosexual. One day Marshall takes him to a gay cruising area in the town. While there he spots Efrem having Random sex with another man. He is shocked and asks Marshall to take him home. Once at home he calls Crystal to book a sex date in order to prove he is straight. Crystal comes over that Sunday after church but Randy is not sexually attracted to her. Crystal only forces herself into him.
Efrem contracts a sexually transmitted infection. Randy and his father Lance take him to a hospital outside town. Lance thinks Randy is gay. Randy denies it. Lance however talks to Randy about it and lets him know that it is okay to be gay. Efrem gets treated with antibiotics and tests negative for HIV.
Marshall drives Randy home from their play rehearsals. Randy one day gets overwhelmed with his homosexual feelings. He begins to make out with Marshall outside their house. His mother sees it and crushes the vehicle's window and orders Randy into the house. Once in the house she blames Randy for bringing a sin into the house. She says her daughter is missing because of Randy's homosexuality. She calls a pastor to deliver Randy from homosexuality. They take him to church and pray hard.
The deliverance does not work and Randy is tired of fighting his sexuality. He goes to Marshall's house and they have sex. Returning home they are given the news that police have found their long lost Chrissie. She comes back home. Randy's mother accepts Randy's gay lifestyle after learning about God and love.