Overview
A riveting journey into the minds of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. Attacked in 1977 by gay bashers on the streets of San Francisco, filmmaker Arthur Dong confronts murderers of gay men face-to-face in his film. He asks them directly: “Why did you do it?”
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Awards
Won the Sundance Filmmaker Trophy Documentary (1997) and the Sundance U.S. Directing Award for Documentary (1997)
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Music
Music by Miriam Cutler
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Arthur DongWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 16, 1997
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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