PERKINS 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920 (2008)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2008-11-26
Runtime: 76 minutes
Director: Michael Van Devere
Top Cast
- Nelson Greaves as Regent Matthew Luce
- DJ Smolinsky as Edward Say
- Christopher Carothers as Assistant Dean Gay
- Benjamin Cosgrove as Ernest Roberts
- Steven DeMarco as Joseph Lumbard
- Nicholas Hasselberg as Kenneth Day
- Giles Hopkins Holt as Stanley Gilkey
- Nikita Makarachev as Eugene Cummings
- Jonah Priour as Keith Smerage
- Michael Segal as Cyril Wilcox
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