Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story

May 30, 2015

1h 12m

★ 5.8

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Overview

Seed Money is the story of Chuck Holmes, a San Francisco pornographer turned philanthropist. Holmes helped shaped and create gay identity in the years after Stonewall, and later became a major contributor to gay advocacy groups like the Human Rights Campaign and the LGBT Victory Fund, only to find later in life that while his money was welcome in philanthropic circles, he sometimes wasn't.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Breaking Glass Pictures

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story Trailers

Cast

Self

Jeff Stryker

Self

Steven Scarborough

Self

John Waters

Self

John Rutherford

Self

Steve Cruz

Self

Zak Spears

Self

Jim Bentley

Self

Tom Chase

Self

Chi Chi LaRue

Self

Jake Shears

Self (voice) (as Jim Hodges)

John Travis

Self

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