Small Town Gay Bar

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Small Town Gay Bar
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Directed by Malcolm Ingram
Written byMalcolm Ingram
Produced byAndre Canaparo
Sarah Gibson
Matthew Gissing
StarringJim Bishop
Bill Curtis
Rick Gladish
Fred Phelps
Charles Smith
Justin Williams
CinematographyJonathon Cliff
Edited byGraeme Ball
Scott Mosier
Music byNatasha Duprey
Production
company
Distributed by Red Envelope Entertainment
Release date
  • 2006 (2006)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

Contents

Synopsis

The story of community in the Deep South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression, [1] 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. [2]

Cast

Quotes

Soundtrack

  1. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" by R. L. Burnside
  2. "Tired Hands" by K.C. Accidental
  3. "'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel" by Cowboy Junkies
  4. "Mosquito" by Jake Fairley
  5. "Anthems for a 17-Year-Old Girl" by Broken Social Scene
  6. "Love Is a Place" by Metric
  7. "A Million Dead End Jobs" by FemBots
  8. "The Rainbow" by Ween
  9. "The Transit Song" by FemBots
  10. "What Comes After One" by FemBots
  11. "Animals of Prey" by The Hidden Cameras
  12. "At Night" by Jake Fairley
  13. "We Oh We" by The Hidden Cameras
  14. "Gay Bar" by Electric Six
  15. "The Fear Is On" by The Hidden Cameras
  16. "Small Town Murder Scene" by FemBots
  17. "Broken and Blue" by FemBots
  18. "I'm Still Your Fag" by Broken Social Scene
  19. "Ban Marriage" by The Hidden Cameras

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes lists five total reviews, and all of them are positive, giving the film a 100% fresh rating. [6]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ Small Town Gay Bar at IMDb
  2. ↑ Seinberg, Sara, "Everyday queer warriors", Gay.com , archived from the original on 2006-06-17, retrieved 2007-09-15
  3. ↑ Carroll, Larry (2006-01-25), "Paris Hilton Baffles Kevin Smith; Matt Dillon Offends Sundance Audiences", MTV , retrieved 2007-09-15
  4. ↑ Rooney, David (2006-01-31), "Small Town Gay Bar", Variety , retrieved 2007-09-15
  5. ↑ Martin, Philip (2007-08-10), "ON FILM: Community and courage", Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , retrieved 2007-09-15
  6. ↑ "Small Town Gay Bar (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  7. 1 2 3 4 IMDb Awards Page
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