Synopsis: Billy and Elijah are two trans bros who just happen to enjoy jerking off together – in a straight way! But when Billy starts dating Grace, Elijah must come to terms with his feelings for Billy and his own burgeoning homosexuality.

Runtime: 19 minutes

Watch: You can stream the full movie for free on YouTube or the Otherness Archive and rate it on Letterboxd. If you’re interested in paying for the film alongside a suite of other indie content, you can catch it on the intersectional streaming platform Open Television alongside or in the 75-minute FREE YR DICK short film collection.

PRESS
Bros Before is stupid and horny — and wonderfully queer in CHICAGO READER
Henry Hanson Dishes on his Viral Short Film “Bros Before” in INTO
Film Review: Bros Before in BROKEN PENCIL
Bros Before is the film adding the fun back into trans representation in POLYESTER ZINE
Bros Before director Henry Hanson on making the “Trans Superbad” in IRRESISTABLE DAMAGE

ACADEMIC CITATION
Lou’s Men: Sameness, Leo Bersani, and the Legacy of Lou Sullivan in Transgender Quarterly

SCREENING HISTORY
Nightingale Festival (Chicago, IL)
Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival
Seattle Queer Film Festival
Transition international queer & minorities film festival (Vienna, Austria)
Trans Film Festival Stockholm
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Indie Memphis Film Festival
Flip the Script Fest (Minneapolis, MN)
TRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Festival
Trans Stellar Film Festival (Detroit, MI)
Official Trans Pride Brighton Annual Film Event (Award Winner for Best Cinematography)
Free Yr Dick at Facets Cinematheque (Chicago, IL)
Dykes to Watch Out For (Minneapolis, MN)
Exposures (Montreal, CA)
Seen Presents: Cactus Club (Milwaukee, WI)
Seen Presents: Blue Room (Sheboygen, WI)
qFEST (Split, Croatia)
Queer Biennial at Tom of Finland Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)
La Fête du Slip (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Starr Bar (NYC)
Millenium Film (NYC)
Small Trans Library (Dublin, Ireland)
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest (London, England)
Solidarity Cinema @ Open Books (Chicago, IL)
Sweet Void Shorts Fest (Chicago, IL)
Otherness Archive at Entre (Rio Grande Valley, TX)
Stove Works (Chatanooga, TN)
Lost and Found @ AFS (Austin, TX)
Tom Thumb Theater (Margate, England)
Queer City Cinema (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Cruising the Movies @ IFC Center (NYC)
Stray Cat Film Center (Kansas City, MO)

Artist Talks
University of Wisconson-Milwaukee — Post-Production w/ Prof. Andrew Mausert-Mooney
School of the Art Institute Chicago — Queer Narratives w/ Prof. Zachary Hutchinson