(James Robinson on the left; Jonathan Pope on the right)
Yesterday I attended a film festival for GLBTQ at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. We watched The Neighbor, Range, and Buried. The Neighbor was about a transgendered living next door to a girl who has a fear of leaving her house. You see how the two people manage to change each other’s lives just by being their true selves.
The range was made by a transgendered director about her childhood on the farm.
And Buried, the big deal one, was about the murder of a gay man. The movie was from the perspective of the killer and how he felt, showing how intimate he was with the man he had murdered.I didn’t care much for Range because I’m a big animal lover and it made me sad, but the other two were really great.
The discussion afterwards was pretty nice as well. People were more than happy to offer their support and thoughts about the film, which is rare in other communities.
If you’d like to check out Buried, the link is below
http://www.indiegogo.com/buriedfilm
The murder that is portrayed in this awarding short film occurred in Baldwin County Alabama in 2004. Many details behind the motivation of the murderer have not been revealed. Although Jonathan Pope Evans interviewed him the murderer did not reveal with certainly 'why' he killed his lifelong friend who was openly gay.
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