Broward / 2025 / English / 47 min / Second Look
Director, Writer, Producer: Glen Evelyn; Director, Producer: Dominic Giannetti
Key Cast: Garrett Clayton, Rachel Alig, Michael Nardelli, William Mark McCullough, Glen Evelyn
Contact: glenevelyn@icloud.com
Special Guests: Glen Evelyn; Dominic Giannetti, Garrett Clayton
A husband and father of three (Jaimie) finally reveals a truth he’s buried for decades — he’s gay. His wife Max — and their children, Mike, Kaitlin, and Sydney — watch as their dad now lives the best version of himself.
The pilot presentation episode of “Our Family Pride” is an intimate and emotionally raw comedy-drama that explores how a recently out father in his 50’s confronts the past trauma that he silently endured – from his earliest experiences of homophobia to the quiet unraveling of a man challenged by living a double life.
His coming out affects each member of his family in a profound way – whether it’s battling addiction, wrestling with identity, or the need to be simply accepted with honesty and compassion. It’s a story that many families have experienced but is rarely seen. It’s not just about coming out but about coming together. Through pain, through truth, through pride.
Director Biography – Glen Evelyn, Dominic Giannetti
Director Biography – Glen Evelyn
Glen Evelyn is the founder and CEO of GunnerMAX Productions, a boutique independent film studio launched after his retirement from a nationally recognized career in executive leadership and consulting. A native of West Palm Beach, Florida, Glen transitioned from corporate America to filmmaking in 2023, bringing with him a powerful voice shaped by lived experience.
After coming out in his thirties, following a marriage to a woman and decades spent closeted, Glen was inspired to tell stories that reflect the complex journeys of LGBTQ+ individuals navigating self-acceptance later in life. Our Family Pride, his narrative directorial debut, is a deeply personal project that he wrote, co-directed, and executive produced. Through this work, Glen aims to amplify underrepresented stories and create space for truth, healing, and connection.
Dominic Giannetti is the founder of Giannetti Films and an award-winning director, writer, and producer. With over 30+ years in the entertainment industry, Dominic has produced over 10 feature films and has worked on over 100 professional TV, Movie, and Music video sets. He has helped launch the careers of dozens of professional filmmakers and actors. Currently, Dominic produces at least three feature films a year in South Florida.
Director Statement
After 30 years of working in corporate America, my husband of 17 years passing from a long battle with drug abuse, and personally suffering health challenges, I decided to follow my dreams and film a television spec pilot based on true life events that I believe will help LGBTQ+ people around the world with their own coming out journey.
I spent the first part of my adult life denying my truth and believing that I could control “my choice” and be a heterosexual man. I married a woman in my early twenties, and worked hard to be the man the world expected me to be- straight, strong, successful.
It wasn’t until my wife left me in my early thirties I came out as gay, later marrying a man, who tragically passed away in 2023 after years of battling drug addiction. His struggle and our journey together left an indelible mark on me, and it’s a wound that fuels this story with raw, unfiltered humanity.
Our Family Pride is a tribute to the many lives caught in the crossfire of societal expectations, and it’s about what happens when truth is finally spoken out loud, and the beauty and heartbreak that follow. This story is deeply personal, but it’s not just mine. There are countless LGBTQ+ people who come out later in life, many with children, spouses, and entire identities built around who they thought they had to be. These stories are rarely shown on screen, and even more rarely given the compassion, complexity, and dignity they deserve.
I’ve spent my professional life as a corporate executive helping others lead. Now, through filmmaking, I want to lead with vulnerability. With this TV pilot which I hope becomes a series, I strive to reflect the often-silenced narratives within our community.
At its heart, Our Family Pride is not just a coming out story. It’s a coming together story. It’s about the love that survives truth, and the strength it takes to live it.
-Glen Evelyn
Writer & Director
CEO, GunnerMAX Productions