In I Am Michael, a drama based on Benoit Denizet-Lewis’s 2011 New York Times article My Ex-Gay Friend, James Franco plays the part of Michael Glatze, the ex-gay friend in question. The film, which premiered Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, is a sensitive, complicated and provocative story about a prominent gay activist who, in just a few years, denounces his homosexuality. At the heart of the story is the relationship with his longtime boyfriend, Bennett, played by Zachary Quinto.
