Robert De Niro Debuts Documentary About His Gay Father At Sundance

Robert De Niro debuts documentary about his gay father at the Sundance Film Festival.

The documentary features his father, a painter, who divorced his Mom, when he came out as gay.

Robert De Niro screened a documentary about his gay father at the Sundance Film Festival. His father, Robert De Niro Sr was a painter who married his mother in 1941. De Niro Jr was then born two years later and his parents divorced in 1945, when De Niro Sr came out as gay.

The documentary was originally intended for only his children to see. De Niro said,

“I wanted my younger kids who were born after he died to know what their grandfather did. I even kept his painting studio intact so they could see it.”

The director, Perri Peltz, explains their reasons for airing it on HBO instead of keeping it a private family film.

“But then we realized it tells the story not just of Robert De Niro’s Sr.’s work – which is amazing – but the entire art world of the time.”

The documentary is scheduled to debut in June on HBO.

While De Niro screens his documentary about his gay father, watch De Niro’s greatest moments on film,

Source: Gay Star News

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