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Saltwater Baptism
What do you do when your relationship conflicts with your religion?
“Saltwater Baptism,” explores that question with disarming, understated warmth. Directed by Jared Callahan and Russell Sheaffer, the short film follows two young, gay men through graduation week at an evangelical college in San Diego, as they navigate the tension among religion, family and sexual orientation.
YEAR
2017
RUN TIME
18m
DIRECTOR
Jared Callahan, Russell Sheaffer

New York Times Op-Doc, October 2017
Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, North Carolina, November 2017
Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, April 2018.
Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2018.
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