When Boy Culture hit the film fest circuit in 2006 (we played Tribeca, Outfest and many, many more), it was a dream come true for me — a movie based on my novel was actually being seen. In 2007, it went to the next level, achieving an international run in movie theaters.

Now, in the final days of the Kickstarter meant to rev up a 10-years-later sequel — Boy Culture: The Series — I'm looking back at a few pics from the first go-round ...

The original stars in a never-seen BTS pic (Images via TLA, Matthew Rettenmund & Boy Culture creatives)

Boy Culture starred Derek Magyar as cocky, emotionally unavailable hustler X, Darryl Stephens as his reluctant love interest Andrew and Jonathon Trent as Joey, their prototypical twink roommate Joey.

In the course of the film, opens up to Gregory (Patrick Bauchau), a much older man who is both his client, his mentor and one very sly individual.

Check out some of the pics from that era below, and please give to our Kickstarter today — it's almost over, and we're almost there!

Darryl at the 2007 premiere in L.A.

BTS pic of Derek shooting the surreal masturbation scene

Now-rare, this was the promo Boy Culture underwear by Ginch Gonch

Producer/co-writer Philip Pierce, director/co-writer Q. Allan Brocka & I meeting for the first time in 2005

Unretouched original pic from the poster

Final poster

Jonathon Trent as Joey

BTS pic of Jonathon 

Producer Stephen Israel, stars Derek Magyar & Jonathon Trent & assoc. producer Phil Lobel at an event

Great review from our DVD release

With Brocka at the L.A. premiere

The original stars at a photo shoot back in the gay. I mean day.