Before You Know It

The documentary follows three older gay men. The three do not know each other. Dennis is in his seventies and a widower. He lives alone in Florida. He is estranged from his family. At this age he is trying to live openly. For a while he stays at a retirement home in Portland. There he meets people like himself. Ty lives in Harlem. He works for an organisation serving older gay people. He campaigns for their rights. Robert runs a bar in Texas. His bar has been open to the same community for years. The documentary shows the three inside their own lives. Age and loneliness are the shared subject. Dennis Creamer and Martin Tynan appear in the one hundred ten minute documentary. It is an American production PJ Raval finished in 2013.