The Ski Trip is a 2004 LGBT

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 independent romantic comedy movie written and directed by openly gay

Gay

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 entertainer Maurice Jamal. It stars Maurice Jamal, Daren Fleming, Cassandra Cruz, Haaz Sleiman

Haaz Sleiman

-Career:One of Sleiman's first roles was in the 2004 African-American gay comedy film The Ski Trip. He co-starred as undocumented Syrian immigrant Tarek in the critically acclaimed 2008 independent film The Visitor, a drama nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Oscar, directed by Thomas...

, Emanuel Xavier

Emanuel Xavier

In 2005, Suspect Thoughts Press published Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry, a collection Emanuel Xavier edited. The anthology featured the work of thirteen openly queer spoken word artists and new work by the editor himself including: "Legendary", "Outside" and "A Simple Poem." The...

 and Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale Williams

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. It was rated R by the MPAA for sexual content and language. It premiered on MTV

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's Logo (TV channel)

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 and aired on heavy rotation during the new network's first few seasons. It was later released to DVD on July 11, 2006.

Synopsis

The movie follows the exploits of a group of African-American and Latino

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 gay male and lesbian friends. Maurice Jamal's character, Corey Brown, is about to turn 30 and he’s just lost his job. And to top all the madness, he’s been dumped by the man of his dreams. Content to wallow, Corey is pulled screaming from his sorry state by his best friends, queen diva Terry and lesbian gal pal Nikki, who arrange for a weekend trip away from New York

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. Joining this trio are handsome Omar, who clearly has a thing for Corey; Byron, young and full of attitude; his trick, muscle stud Tyson; and slutty friend Carlos. But when unexpected guests arrive and secrets are exposed, this raucous trip becomes anything but relaxing.

Cast

• Maurice Jamal....Corey Brown
• Daren Fleming....Terry
• Cassandra Cruz....Nikki
• John Rankin....Omar
• Emanuel Xavier
  Emanuel Xavier
  In 2005, Suspect Thoughts Press published Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry, a collection Emanuel Xavier edited. The anthology featured the work of thirteen openly queer spoken word artists and new work by the editor himself including: "Legendary", "Outside" and "A Simple Poem." The...
  
  ....Carlos
• Nathan Hale
  Nathan Hale Williams
  Nathan Hale Williams is an American film producer, television producer, and entertainment attorney. He is also an actor and former model.-Early life and education:...
  
  ....Byron
• Haaz Sleiman
  Haaz Sleiman
  -Career:One of Sleiman's first roles was in the 2004 African-American gay comedy film The Ski Trip. He co-starred as undocumented Syrian immigrant Tarek in the critically acclaimed 2008 independent film The Visitor, a drama nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Oscar, directed by Thomas...
  
  ....Tyson

Popularity

The movie received great acclaim and received some awards by gay and lesbian film festivals it was nominated for.

Film soundtrack

The R&B and hip-hop music was done by LGBT

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 musical artists such as homo hop

Homo hop

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 performer, Tori Fixx

Tori Fixx

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Friends & Lovers: The Ski Trip 2

In 2008 a sequel to the original film was released with Jamal, Fleming, Cruz, and Rankin reprising their roles. However, the sequel was never picked up by a distributor.