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Directed by | Malcolm Ingram |
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Kevin Smith Scott Mosier Andre Canaparo Sarah Gibson Matthew Gissing |
Written by | Malcolm Ingram |
Starring | Jim Bishop Bill Curtis Rick Gladish Fred Phelps Charles Smith Justin Williams |
Music by | Natasha Duprey |
Cinematography | Jonathon Cliff |
Edited by | Graeme Ball Scott Mosier |
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Distributed by | Red Envelope Entertainment |
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81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Small Town Gay Bar is a 2006 documentary film directed by Malcolm Ingram that focuses on two gay bars in the rural deep Southeast United States, one in Shannon, Mississippi, and one in Meridian, Mississippi. The documentary was produced by View Askew Productions with Kevin Smith serving as executive producer.
The story of community in the Deep South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression, Malcolm Ingram's Small Town Gay Bar visits two Mississippi communities and bases those visits around two small gay bars, Rumors in Shannon, Mississippi, and Different Seasons/Crossroads in Meridian, Mississippi.
Additionally the film visits Bay Minette, Alabama, to look at the brutal hate crime murder of Scotty Joe Weaver. The film focuses on a group of folks who are less concerned with the national debate over gay marriage than they are with the life risks they take being openly gay in small Southern towns.
The film is currently ranked 68% from audience reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.