The abominable crime
Type
Label
The abominable crime
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRT
Main title
The abominable crime
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
66
Summary
A riveting documentary that explores the religious-based culture of homophobia in Jamaica through the eyes of gay Jamaicans forced to choose between their homeland and their lives. With personal accounts from Jamaica's leading human-rights activist and a young lesbian single mother who survives a brutal anti-gay shooting, the film's characters take the audience on an emotionally gripping journey over four years and across five countries
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Subject
- Gay liberation movement -- Jamaica
- Gays + Violence against -- Jamaica -- Kingston -- Case studies
- Edwards, Simone
- Tomlinson, Maurice
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Homosexuality + Law and legislation -- Jamaica
- Jamaica -- Emigration and immigration
- Victims of violent crimes -- Jamaica -- Biography
- Gays + Legal status, laws, etc -- Jamaica
- Human rights workers -- Jamaica -- Biography
Content
Composer
Director
resource.filmmaker
participant
Producer
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor5
- Genre1
- Subject10
- Gay liberation movement -- Jamaica
- Gays + Violence against -- Jamaica -- Kingston -- Case studies
- Edwards, Simone
- Tomlinson, Maurice
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Homosexuality + Law and legislation -- Jamaica
- Jamaica -- Emigration and immigration
- Victims of violent crimes -- Jamaica -- Biography
- Gays + Legal status, laws, etc -- Jamaica
- Human rights workers -- Jamaica -- Biography
- Content1
- Composer1
- Director1
- resource.filmmaker1
- participant2
- Producer1