Surfing pals find much more than good waves in 'Shelter'
San Francisco Chronicle
'"Shelter" is a film that follows the story of two Southern California gay guys who fall for each other while doing what they love most: surfing.
Naturally, Jonah Markowitz, the film's director, knows what's going to happen next.
"It's going to be called a gay movie, just like it's going to be called a surf movie. That's just the nature of marketing," says Markowitz, who has no qualms with those classifications but prefers to think of "Shelter" as a simple glimpse of guys being guys with each other.
The inspiration for "Shelter," which screens Saturday at the Castro as part of the Frameline31 film festival, came to Markowitz a few years ago while kicking back at a lake near his childhood home in Colorado...'
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