Watch Nighthawks

When it was released in 1978, NIGHTHAWKS was billed as the first film from the United Kingdom to deal with gay life in a positive light. Viewed almost thirty years later it is a time capsule from a time that does not seem all that different from today. Jim, a seemingly average teacher in a comprehensive school, lives the classic double life: nights in the gay bars and discos, days in school, and in the closet. With each new acquaintance the same tensions arise, does he venture beyond his current life style, who does he tell the truth to, and is there anything more to gay life than the one night stand? His worlds collide when he's confronted by his students. Asked if he is "bent" Jim does not retreat to the closet but gives the boys a resounding lesson in tolerance that still reverberates today.