Jim Bishop, Bill Curtis, Rick Gladish
Despite the collective outings of Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John, Rosie O'Donnell and Olympic diver Greg Louganis, homophobia is alive and well -- especially in the small towns of the Deep South. Focusin...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 24, 2007
Stats: 127 reviews
This isn't as depressing as the title would suggest, but conversely, it isn't as raunchy as one might hope. We have to wait until 35min to get the segment this film was required to include: montage of partying shots set to "I Wanna Take You to a Gay Bar".
Set throughout Northern...( read more)
Very moving documentary, great interviews and very thoroughly done. Sad, funny and it can?t help but make you think and wonder. It?s hard to believe it is the 21st century sometimes.
Excellent documentary from Malcolm Ingram -- a personality I'm rather fond of -- that explores the hardships of being gay in a small town in rural America.
It was a quiet Sunday, so I finally get to watch the film Kevin Smith has been banging on about in his pod casts by his mate, Malcolm The Bear. Now this is a doc about the oppression and ignorance towards gay people in Mississippi and the Bible Belt of America. It's standard doc ...( read more)
Decent documentary on the existance of gay bars located in conservative, closed minded small towns. I loved the use of lots of songs by The Hidden Cameras (the lead singer, Joel, is openly gay).
If you're gay in a small town, then you have felt what this movie shows. Been there. Nicely made. Doesn't matter that this featured gay bars from the south. Was the same in the midwest as well. Yeah, it was something to look forward too. Thank God, I don't have to be there anymor...( read more)
We in the USA like to think were a 'live and let live' society. This proves were not. The hysteria, ignorance and hate that festers in a small town(due in no small part to 'men of god' aka small minded religious bigots)leaves the LGBT community always on the defensive. Ten years ...( read more)
Very good documentary. It shows a lot of what gays and lesbians have to face in rural America, and what idiots like Fred Phelps do to make life hard and even dangerous for them. This is a must see!!
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