Threadkiller
01-27-2006, 04:28 AM
Small Town Gay Bar is the title of the View Askew Productions Movie directed by Malcom Ingram that premiered at Sundance the other day. I was lucky enough to get to see it as well as the Q&A with Malcolm afterward. For anyone who's interested here are my thoughts.
First, I had no freaking idea that this was a VA movie or that Malcolm was behind it. So it was cool to find out there in the theater.
Second, Malcolm and his crew blew me away with a poignant documentary that was as full of character and humanity as it was devoid of agenda and vitriole. It was beautifully shot and edited and has the best soundtrack I've ever heard in a documentary. I was really glad there was no Michael Moore-style narration too.
That said, it's still a documentary and can drag a bit.
Basically, the movie is about a couple of small town gay bars in rural parts of Mississippi. In a sense it's just as weird as it sound but what you end up finding out is that people really aren't that different even when they are backwoods, Mississippi homosexuals.
I could fill up a few pages with the complicated issues and subjects that the film deals with but I'd recommend just seeing it if you are at all interested. The one thing I will say is that the only way to fight the intolerance, ignorance and hatred that is still a big part of our world is just to simply keep telling the truth about peoples' differences and showing the humanity of tolerance and reason. Small Town Gay Bar does a good job of doing just that.
First, I had no freaking idea that this was a VA movie or that Malcolm was behind it. So it was cool to find out there in the theater.
Second, Malcolm and his crew blew me away with a poignant documentary that was as full of character and humanity as it was devoid of agenda and vitriole. It was beautifully shot and edited and has the best soundtrack I've ever heard in a documentary. I was really glad there was no Michael Moore-style narration too.
That said, it's still a documentary and can drag a bit.
Basically, the movie is about a couple of small town gay bars in rural parts of Mississippi. In a sense it's just as weird as it sound but what you end up finding out is that people really aren't that different even when they are backwoods, Mississippi homosexuals.
I could fill up a few pages with the complicated issues and subjects that the film deals with but I'd recommend just seeing it if you are at all interested. The one thing I will say is that the only way to fight the intolerance, ignorance and hatred that is still a big part of our world is just to simply keep telling the truth about peoples' differences and showing the humanity of tolerance and reason. Small Town Gay Bar does a good job of doing just that.