Shades of Gray
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tim Depaepe
Bill Mullin
Fred Phelps
Leo Barbie
Ben Zimmer
Janet Pryor
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
"When people think gays and lesbians and bisexuals and transgendered people they don't think Kansas," says Janet Pryor, a young lesbian from Scammon. She goes on to describe her life there as a 'nonexistence' which led to a suicide attempt. Michael Lovegrove, Bill Mullin and Ben Zimmer tell tales of being gay-bashed, marrying to conceal one's homosexuality, and confounding the stereotype of a redneck farmer. Lea Hopkins differentiates the discriminations of being black and a lesbian. The film is a detailed examination of the 1995 "Simply Equal" campaign to add 'sexual orientation' to the human rights ordinance of Lawrence. The Reverend Leo Barbie lobbied against the initiative and the Topeka-based Pastor Fred Phelps, defending his followers' frequent picketing says, "I wish we could have a Matthew Shepherd funeral every week."
Director
Tim Depaepe
Cast
Bill Mullin
Fred Phelps
Leo Barbie
Ben Zimmer
Janet Pryor
Lea Hopkins
Michael Lovegrove
Crew
David-michael Allen
Tim Depaepe
Tim Depaepe
Tim Depaepe
Lea Hopkins
Darin Lile
Michael Lovegrove
Joe Mchallsky
Bill Mullin
Ann Prum-johnson
Bill Pryor
Janet Pryor
Edward P Stencel
Edward P Stencel
Edward P Stencel
Andrew Wegst
Andrew Wegst
Andrew Wegst
Ben Zimmer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 14-24, 2001.
video
color and b&w
