You Are Not Alone (2012)

A 65minute documentary examining many underlying psychosocial factors causing depression in Black gay men struggles with sexual orientation and identity being sexually abused by an older adult family memberrelativefamiliar or authority figure pastors and imams declaring that a gay man is an abomination and encouraging ostracism from families and communities low selfesteem setting out to contract HIV as a form of suicide with the ensuing stigma and discrimination accompanying the diagnosis and for many aging Black gay men struggles with loneliness isolation and abandonment including desperation for affection intimacy and sex In interviews with Black gay men of varying ages opinions from mental health professionals and religious leaders and reenactments of experiences explores the reasons for the descent into depression and suicide