Southern Baptist Sissies

About Southern Baptist Sissies

Southern Baptist Sissies is the live film of the GLAAD Award winning play by Del Shores. Southern Baptist Sissies is the story of four boys who are gay growing up in the Southern Baptist Church and how they each deal differently with the conflict between the teachings of the church and their sexuality.

Del Shores's Southern Baptist Sissies is a 2013 drama film. Released in November 2013, it runs 138 minutes.

Its themes are LGBT teen, southern baptist, and based on play or musical. The film began as a stage production.

Emerson Collins takes the lead as Andrew, Leslie Jordan as Peanut, Willam Belli as Benny, and Dale Dickey as Odette. The screenplay is by Del Shores. In the United States it streams on Cineverse Amazon Channel.

The Prom, The History Boys, and Everybody's Talking About Jamie make useful companions to Southern Baptist Sissies. It carries a NR rating.