Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2009

Ever heard of Hustlaball, one of the raunchiest, most notorious, most sex-drenched annual parties in the world? Director Jochen Hick's film THE GOOD AMERICAN documents the life of Tom Weiss, the founder of Hustlaball and the co-founder of Rentboy.com (touted as “the world’s largest male escort and massage site”), during his transition from the US back to his German homeland with his partner, Keith Richmond. Behind the incredible stories of the conception of the first Hustlaball in 1998 and the creation of Rentboy.com, there lies a tender tale about this HIV-positive former escort and his struggle to provide a safer sex environment for male prostitutes in a nation where prostitution remains illegal. Not only will THE GOOD AMERICAN take you behind the scenes of the controversial production of Hustlaballs in the US with a fresh, sex-positive lens, the film itself is sprinkled with hot footage of erotic performances from past Hustlaballs in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, London, and Berlin, featuring renowned hosts (including Chi Chi LaRue) and famous porn stars.