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The abominable crime / a film by Micah Fink ; Common Good Productions ; produced and directed by Micah Fink.
LIBRA DVD 025 117
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay people--Violence against--Jamaica--Kingston--Case studies.
- Gay people.
- Gay people--Legal status, laws, etc--Jamaica.
- Victims of violent crimes--Jamaica--Biography.
- Victims of violent crimes.
- Human rights workers--Jamaica--Biography.
- Human rights workers.
- Homosexuality--Law and legislation--Jamaica.
- Homosexuality.
- Gay liberation movement--Jamaica.
- Gay liberation movement.
- Edwards, Simone.
- Tomlinson, Maurice.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Homosexuality--Law and legislation.
- Gay people--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Gay people--Violence against.
- Jamaica--Emigration and immigration.
- Jamaica.
- Jamaica--Kingston.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Biographies.
- Case studies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 66 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Wide screen.
- Distribution:
- [Warren, N.J.?] : [Distributed by Passion River Films?], [2013?]
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York?] : Common Good Productions, [2013]
- ©2013.
- System Details:
- DVD; NTSC; wide screen presentation; stereo.
- digital optical
- laser optical NTSC
- video file DVD video
- Summary:
- Explored is the religious-based culture of homophobia in Jamaica through the eyes of gay Jamaicans who are forced to choose between their homeland and their lives. Included are personal accounts from Jamaica's leading human-rights activist, Maurice Tomlinson, and a lesbian single mother who survived a brutal anti-gay shooting. Offered is an intimate first-person perspective on the risks and challenges of seeking asylum abroad.
- Participant:
- Participants, Simone Edwards, Maurice Tomlinson.
- Credits:
- Original music, Amanda Harberg.
- Notes:
- Documentary.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
- 8th Belize International Film Festival, Best Doc; Frameline 37 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, official selection; Doc NYC Documentary Film Festival 2013, official selection
- OCLC:
- 874159051
- Publisher Number:
- 091037723970
- PRDVD2307 Passion River Films
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