The Love Between Us in Bloomington, MN

Experience the crude, dangerous patriarchal era of "Forgotten Chicago" and the internalized homophobia that afflicted many straight or questioning young men of the time: In this late 1970s coming-out classic, an ex-Marine helps a homophobic football jock confront his troubled past. Joe Todd joined the Marine Corps to exercise his manhood, but the real test of courage comes when he falls for a macho jock who rocks his world. Tom Himmler is Glen Court High's champion jock.
He's a schoolyard bully turned juvenile delinquent. He's a heartbreaker who thinks life is a joke. Tom tries to forget the physical abuse suffered during his boyhood at the hands of his father, a rampaging alcoholic who later abandoned him. Seventeen-year-old Tom's macho denial unravels when his mother disowns him. The odds look slim that closeted All-American Tom will experience a healing connection on the streets of the Windy City. Joe Todd is a decent young man from South Carolina.
At 22, he's an ex-Marine living with a personal crisis. He relocates to Chicago to work through his feelings for a fellow serviceman, but Joe's heroic stint in the Corps was only extended boot camp for the real action to come. The glass cocoon of Joe's jarhead existence self-destructs once he begins to provide the tough love Tom badly needs.