First Class Male

In the back yard, behind a white house with a large two-pane window, next to a broad white wooden staircase like a ladder over a bed of green ferns, mailman Carlos Cruz (brown, black candado mustache and goatee, tattoo on upper right arm, nipple rings, green and red tattoo on left hip) squats and sucks Sweet Williams (pale, clean-shaven, right black wristband); Sweet sucks Carlos; Carlos rims, sucks, and then tops Sweet from behind as Sweet bends over the stairs.

Directed by Will Parker, First Class Male leans on a strong ensemble — Brandon Steele, Carlos Cruz, Daniel Edwards — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 2000.