Boys Life 2 is a compilation of four short films about being gay in America, released in 1997. * Must Be the Music (directed by Nickolas Perry) offers a frank depiction of urban gay youth. * Nunzio's Second Cousin (directed by Tom DeCerchio) finds a gay policeman getting even with homophobic people. * Alkali, Iowa (directed by Mark Christopher) chronicles a Midwestern, teenaged gay male who unearths his dead father's secret. * The Dadshuttle (directed by Tom Donaghy) centers on the communication breakdown between a father and his son, who is gay.