Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank achieved an uncomfortable sort of public recognition in 1990 when, three years after he came out of the closet as a gay man, he was involved in a scandal involving his use of the services of a male prostitute. Frank weathered the storm of controversy and was reelected to office, and in 1998, when President Bill Clinton was facing impeachment in the wake of a sex scandal of his own, Frank became one of the president's most outspoken champions in Washington, D.C. Let's Get Frank is a documentary on the outspoken representative, which focuses primarily on his defense of Clinton and his perspective on the so-called "culture wars" between liberal and conservative political factions. Let's Get Frank was the first feature film from director Bart Everly.
by Mark Deming
synopsis
- Representative [Congressman]
- Gay
- Homosexual
- Politician
- Sexual-discrimination
- Persecution
- Political
- Hearing [procedure]
- Support
- Unlikely Heroes
- Triumph Of The Spirit
- Right-wing
- Impeachment
- Homophobia
- Fighting The System