Michael Franklin

Film producer and actor

Producer of the Gemmel & Tim and actor

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Outfest Los Angeles , one of the country’s biggest LGBTQ film festivals, starts this Friday and runs through August 22. Hundreds of films will be screened in person and virtually.

‘Gemmel and Tim’: New film focuses on lives of 2 Black men who died in Ed Buck’s apartment

Outfest Los Angeles , one of the country’s biggest LGBTQ film festivals, starts this Friday and runs through August 22. Hundreds of films will be screened in person and virtually.

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