Dustin Lance Black’s Mama’s Boy Reveals his Love of His Mother and Life Before Hollywood
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Dustin Lance Black revealed more details about his mysterious head injury that was preventing him from working at the New Fest premiere of his new documentary film Mama’s Boy Thursday.
While the Oscar-winning screenwriter hasn’t detailed what happened to him, he told Variety at Thursday’s premiere of “Mama’s Boy,” HBO’s new documentary adaptation of his 2019 memoir, that doctors expect a full recovery.
“What’s been really challenging is not being able to use my mind,” Black said on the carpet, which also served as the opening night film of LGBTQ film festival NewFest. “And I didn’t share it publicly until I was at a place where I was able to be a little creative again — at least for a few hours a day in the morning with breaks.”
“It takes a long time to come up with the next thought or word. It’s going to come back and the doctors are saying that hopefully by before Christmas, I’ll be back to Lance,” he said
Expressing further gratitude for attendees, Black took time to address the theater.
“It’s queer film festivals who showed the courage to share our stories when no one else gave a fucking damn if we lived or died. And it’s been a long time since I’ve been invited to one. And it’s very, very meaningful to be home again. So, thank you so much for inviting this film to be here in our sacred space — our home of cinema, queer cinema.”
Mama’s Boy premieres October 18 on HBO.
