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PERKINS 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920

In 1920, Harvard University convened a secret court to interview, charge and discipline students suspected of being homosexual. Thirty-seven men testified before the Court, including a tutor, an assistant professor, Harvard students, and several Boston men. After two weeks of testimony, eight Harvard men were forced to withdraw, one of whom committed suicide. Based on actual court documents, "Perkins 28" dramatizes the testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920, nine episodes of testimony before the Court. Filmed in Cambridge, MA, and starring Harvard undergraduates.

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  • Nelson Greaves

    Nelson Greaves

    Regent Matthew Luce

  • DJ Smolinsky

    DJ Smolinsky

    Edward Say

  • Christopher Carothers

    Christopher Carothers

    Assistant Dean Gay

  • Benjamin Cosgrove

    Benjamin Cosgrove

    Ernest Roberts

  • Steven DeMarco

    Steven DeMarco

    Joseph Lumbard

  • Nicholas Hasselberg

    Nicholas Hasselberg

    Kenneth Day

  • Giles Hopkins Holt

    Giles Hopkins Holt

    Stanley Gilkey

  • Nikita Makarachev

    Nikita Makarachev

    Eugene Cummings

  • Jonah Priour

    Jonah Priour

    Keith Smerage

Overview

In 1920, Harvard University convened a secret court to interview, charge and discipline students suspected of being homosexual. Thirty-seven men testified before the Court, including a tutor, an assistant professor, Harvard students, and several Boston men. After two weeks of testimony, eight Harvard men were forced to withdraw, one of whom committed suicide. Based on actual court documents, "Perkins 28" dramatizes the testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920, nine episodes of testimony before the Court. Filmed in Cambridge, MA, and starring Harvard undergraduates.

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