A documentary that I was an AP on got a write up today.

[JackBeck]

Over at The New York Times City Room blog:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/remembering-a-newark-hate-crime/

Film Examines a Newark Hate Crime
By Sewell Chan

A documentary recounts the 2003 killing of Sakia Gunn, 15, a lesbian high school student in Newark.In 2003, Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old lesbian high school student, was fatally stabbed in downtown Newark by a man who had approached her in the street and made sexual advances to her and her friends, which they declined.

The case, which was prosecuted as a hate crime, drew widespread attention in gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities, though considerably less news coverage than that of Matthew Shepard, the 21-year-old gay college student who was abducted, beaten, tied to a pole and left to freeze to death in Laramie, Wyo., in 1998.

http://www.sakiagunnfilmproject.com/

[Bluenorthwest]

1. Excellent project

Documentary work is so important, and this story needs to be widley known.

[mitchtv]

2. Thanks Jack

Keep it up!
K&R:kick:

[NMMNG]

3. K&R

And kudos to you for your efforts on the case.

Sadly the article seems to have brought out a number of utter sh*theads in the comments section. :puke:

[bluedawg12]

4. Thanks for posting this.

[ThomCat]

5. That is awesome.

The article isn't a blow-off, so it's likely to pull in some attention. The trailer had me in tears. I can't imagine how heartbreaking the movie is.

How did you get involved in this as an AP? (Assistant Producer?)

[JackBeck]

7. Associate Producer.

Chas has been a friend for many years and one night not too long after Sakia's murder he came to me and asked if I would like to be a part of this project. All of the footage shot in downtown Newark and the majority of the the interviews I helped produce. The courtroom footage was after I had left the project.

Oh, and Chas officiated our ceremony when we got married in Brooklyn. :)

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

6. wow, thanks for telling us about this. i can't wait to see it.