Before Night Falls - JPA

In the movie, Before Night Falls, Reinaldo Arenas depicts his tragic life and how he has had to deal with the closed minded society in which he lives. Arenas is a homosexual poet and in his book he says true to his true sexuality even though it extremely difficult on his life. In the movie Arenas is sent to rehab where people try to force him to become straight. Arenas however, stays true to himself and fights for what he believes is right. Arenas never gives up and continues to fight even when he is put in prison. While in prison, Arenas develops a system in which he writes letters to other inmates lovers so that he can develop a stash of pencils and paper to conduct his own writings. Prior to being released his writings are confiscated. Overall this movie is about the adversity that people such as Arenas need to deal with each and every day.