THE GOOD AMERICAN portrays Tom Weise, one of the initiators of HustlaBall. The origin of the event was to encourage the acceptance of male prostitutes. This film shows how Weise copes with HIV and his fight for sex workers' dignity.

After Tom Weise's parents split he went to New York in the early 1990s. Being HIV positive, he is forced to live in the USA illegally. He barely ekes out a living as an escort and lives on the street. His fortunes change when he sets up the internet page, rentboy.com which ten years later will become the largest website for escorts. Increasingly beset by health issues, loneliness and drug abuse, in 2006 Tom eventually finds someone with whom he can share his life. He and his Afro-American partner Keith decide to go to Berlin, Tom's first trip to Germany in 15 years. A few days after their arrival, the Berlin HustlaBall takes place...