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Presented
in three half-hour “acts” by the MTV cable network on January 10, 2001,
the fact-based Anatomy of a Hate Crime was the opening volley of MTV’s
year-long campaign “Fight For Your Rights: Take a Stand Against
Discrimination.” In recalling the horrendous torture-murder of
21-year-old Matthew Shepard near Laramie, WY in 1998, the film focuses
as much on the twisted logic and motivations of Matthew’s killers
Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney as it does on the victim and the
crime. Cy Carter stars as the unfortunate Shepard, with Ian Somerhelder
and Brendan Fletcher, respectively, cast as Henderson and McKinney.
Filmed in Alberta, Anatomy of a Hate Crime was originally bookended by
a marathon recital of recent examples of sexual and racial persecution,
delivered by an impressive list of unseen celebrities. |
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