What About Sal? - DVD

With his mother dying of lung cancer, Sal, in his 30's and with Down Syndrome, embarks on a journey to find his father, a rock band singer that his mother had a one-night stand with 30 years ago.

Director James Franco chronicles the final hours in the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen heartthrob, gay icon, and the Academy Award-nominated star of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and EXODUS.

Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he adores and a handful of predatory older men, in a society that denies his homosexuality. As a college student, Abdellah moves to Geneva and while faced with the new possibilities of freedom, he grapples with the loss of his homeland. SALVATION ARMY, the directorial debut for Abdellah Taoa - an acclaimed Moroccan and Arab writer - is adapted from his novel of the same name. Taoa is the first writer of his descent to speak out openly about his homosexuality.