Del Shores knows what it’s like to be a southern Baptist sissy boy. Because the success of his films, including Sordid Lives, he’s been giving back through The Del Shores Foundation to help those play writers and screenwriters located in the south.
His competition is again open for submissions through the end of August. And if you haven’t seen the movie in a while, there’s a few more opportunities to see it this weekend at its record-setting home at the Camelot Theatre at the Palm Springs Cultural Center. It’s one of our top three things to do this weekend.
According to The Desert Sun, “The film opened in Palm Springs at the Camelot Theatres in 2001 and ran for 96 weeks, making it the longest running film in the city’s history. It later spawned “Sordid Lives: The Series” on LOGO in 2008 and a sequel, “A Very Sordid Wedding,” in 2017, which had its world premiere at the Camelot Theatres in 2017.”
Twenty four years later, the film still stands as a classic. Here’s a tip of the hat to Del and the work that he does to encourage the next generation of LGBTQ+ writers.
