William Hickey stars as Andre, a lecherous brothel owner who trades in young men.

Exploiting his young charges through paternalism and drugs, Andre sets his sights on Lee (Keivyn McNeil Graves), a ten-year-old, black, runaway orphan.

Through Andre, Lee quickly becomes immersed in New York's sleazy underbelly of a drug dealer (Anthony Crivello stars as "Eddie") and street hustlers.

Eventually, Andre's petty empire is vanquished by Shiniqua (Billy Porter), a powerfully wise and glamorous drag queen whose fiercely maternal spirit is every bit the match for the depraved denizens of the brothel.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York screened Twisted in its Cineprobe Series in 1997 and granted the director an honorarium for his work.