In the black community especially, there is this whole phenomenon of the “downlow” lifestyle or the “DL Brother”. There have been so many articles, lectures, discussions, debates, songs, movies, shows, and everything else under the sun about this topic. It seems to be such a heated and polarizing topic in the black community.

This piece is also entirely spoken word. No dialogue. Just poetry. The inner thoughts of a young man named Devin as he tries to get a grip on all the things going on his mind about his sexuality and the relationships that he has.

The title Ying and Yang is an inspiration from the widely know yin-yang symbol, derived from Chinese philosophy and is used to describe how polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world and how they give rise to each other in turn in relation to each other. It also references the name of the popular Atlanta rappers the Ying Ying twins. Their phrase “Ying Yang in this thang” is heavily used in the film.