Common Ground

Directed by Donna Deitch

With Brittany Murphy, Margot Kidder, Mimi Rogers, Helen Shaver and Jason Priestley

This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950s and discovers lesbianism. In "Mr. Roberts", a teacher in a 1970s classroom struggles with his closeted gay status. Finally in "Amos and Andy", a father wrestles with his own emotional acceptance of a present day wedding between his son and another man.