Love, Scott

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Love, Scott
Directed byLaura Marie Wayne
Written byLaura Marie Wayne
Produced by Annette Clarke
StarringScott Jones
CinematographyLaura Marie Wayne
Edited byLaura Marie Wayne
Marcos Caraballo
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Running time
76 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Love, Scott is a 2018 Canadian documentary film, directed by Laura Marie Wayne. [1] The film profiles Scott Jones, a gay man who was left paraplegic in an anti-gay attack in 2013. [1]

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Background

On October 12, 2013, Jones, a gay resident of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, was stabbed by a knife-wielding man after leaving the Acro Lounge. [2] His attacker, Shane Matheson, was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison in June 2014. [3] During his recovery, Jones participated in the creation of Don't Be Afraid, a province-wide campaign to combat homophobia, [4] and was selected as the grand marshal of the 2014 Halifax Pride parade. [4]

Film

The film profiles Jones, who was by 2018 a music student in Toronto, Ontario. [5] The film explores his process of reaching a place of forgiveness, both against his attacker and against the police for declining to prosecute the case as a hate crime, and his desire to create something positive out of his experience by using choral music as a tool of healing and social change education. [5]

The film had its theatrical premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival in March 2018, [6] and had its North American premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in April. [7] It was later screened at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in May, where it received the Jury Prize for Best Canadian Feature. [8]

In 2022, Jones released his own short film, Coin Slot, about the impending anniversary of his 2013 attack. [9] It was the winner of the Best Atlantic Short Film award at the 2022 Atlantic International Film Festival. [10] He previously won the festival's RBC Script Development Award in 2020 for a feature screenplay titled It's the Fear That Keeps Me Awake. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "After surviving attack, Scott Jones chronicles the 'lifelong process' of forgiveness". The Current , April 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Scott Jones said he was attacked for being gay". CBC News, December 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Scott Jones says he forgives his attacker, Shane Edward Matheson". CBC News, June 12, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Halifax Pride names Scott Jones grand marshal". Xtra! , July 6, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Inside Out 2018: Love, Scott captures the personal toll of police failure". Now , May 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Makers of hate-crime documentary Love, Scott: ‘Being in the closet is a form of trauma’". PinkNews , March 29, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Review: ‘Love, Scott’". Point of View , April 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ "'White Rabbit' wins 2018 Inside Out LGBT Film Festival audience award". Screen Daily , June 4, 2018.
  9. ↑ "'Together Again' at the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival". CBC News Nova Scotia, September 8, 2022.
  10. ↑ Stephen Cooke, "Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Bernie Langille among Atlantic International Film Festival award winners". SaltWire Network , September 22, 2022.
  11. ↑ Stephen Cooke, "Bone Cage strikes a chord with FIN Stream audiences, earns four awards". SaltWire Network , September 28, 2020.
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