On the Downlow

On the Downlow is the 2004 debut film of director Tadeo Garcia, a lowbudget film starring Michael Cortez and Tony Sancho.

On the Downlow is a love story set in Little Village, Chicago, between Angel Michael Cortez and Isaac Tony Sancho, two warmly human, supportive, sensitive young men. Their affection to each other is shown in a long kiss in a dark alley in Chicago, and later on, in a musical sequence in the film. Isaac also questions his sexuality in a long confession with a priest in the church.Angel, in order to be with his secret lover Isaac gives up his allegiance to his former Latin Kings gang and pledges to Isaacs Southside Chicagos Two Six gang led by Reaper Donato Cruz after a cruel initiation beating. Although the film uses names of actual gangs in the area, the introduction to the film says there is no direct relation to the actual gang names used. ........

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