Underplayed Gems

Valentine Road (2013)

Valentine Road poster
Directed by
Marta Cunningham
Genre
documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary examines the 2008 murder of Lawrence King, a gender-nonconforming 15-year-old, by a classmate in their California school. It explores the events leading up to the shooting and the subsequent legal case.

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What happens

Valentine Road is a documentary film by director Marta Cunningham. In 2008 Cunningham read a Southern Poverty Law Center article about the murder of an openly gay non-conforming 15-year-old, Lawrence King. He was shot and killed in his middle school classroom by 14-year-old classmate Brandon McInerney. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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