PERKINS 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920
Synopsis
In 1920, Harvard University convened a secret court to interview, charge and discipline students suspected of being homosexual. Thirty-seven men testified before the Court, including a tutor, an assistant professor, Harvard students, and several Boston men. After two weeks of testimony, eight Harvard men were forced to withdraw, one of whom committed suicide. Based on actual court documents, "Perkins 28" dramatizes the testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920, nine episodes of testimony before the Court. Filmed in Cambridge, MA, and starring Harvard undergraduates.
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Top cast
Nelson Greaves
Regent Matthew Luce
DJ Smolinsky
Edward Say
Christopher Carothers
Assistant Dean Gay
Benjamin Cosgrove
Ernest Roberts
Steven DeMarco
Joseph Lumbard
Nicholas Hasselberg
Kenneth Day
Giles Hopkins Holt
Stanley Gilkey
Nikita Makarachev
Eugene Cummings
Jonah Priour
Keith Smerage
Michael Segal
Cyril Wilcox
