Dustin Lance Black

filmmaker, activist, subject of the documentary “Mama’s Boy”

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Dustin Lance Black grew up in a conservative Mormon household and struggled to reconcile that when he realized he was gay.

'Mama’s Boy': Finding common ground on gay rights starts with conversation

Dustin Lance Black grew up in a conservative Mormon household and struggled to reconcile that when he realized he was gay.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Dustin Lance Black says that growing up as a Mormom helped him create his new series “Under the Banner of Heaven.”

Leaving LDS: Dustin Lance Black on making 'Under the Banner of Heaven'

Dustin Lance Black says that growing up as a Mormom helped him create his new series “Under the Banner of Heaven.”

from The Business

Filmmaker Dustin Lance Black visits The Treatment to discuss his passion for chronicling the LGBT movement of 1970s San Francisco in the ABC miniseries When We Rise.

Dustin Lance Black: ABC's 'When We Rise'

Filmmaker Dustin Lance Black visits The Treatment to discuss his passion for chronicling the LGBT movement of 1970s San Francisco in the ABC miniseries When We Rise.

from The Treatment

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