Small Town Gay Bar

Infobox Film
name = Small Town Gay Bar


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director = Malcolm Ingram
producer = Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier, Andre Canaparo, Sarah Gibson, Matthew Gissing
writer = Malcolm Ingram
narrator =
starring = Jim Bishop, Bill Curtis, Rick Gladish, Fred Phelps, Charles Smith, Justin Williams
music = Natasha Duprey
cinematography = Jonathon Cliff
editing = Graeme Ball, Scott Mosier
distributor =
released = 2006
runtime = 81 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
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website = http://www.smalltowngaybar.com/
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imdb_id = 0492487

"Small Town Gay Bar" is a 2006 documentary directed by Malcolm Ingram that focuses on two gay bars in the rural deep Southeast United States. One in Shannon, Mississippi and one in Meridian, Mississippi. The documentary was produced by View Askew Productions with Kevin Smith serving as executive producer.

Plot

The story of community in the Deep South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression,imdb title |0492487] Malcolm Ingram's "Small Town Gay Bar" visits two Mississippi communities and bases those visits around two small gay bars, Rumors in Shannon, Mississippi and Different Seasons/Crossroads in Meridian, Mississippi. Additionally the film visits Bay Minette, Alabama to look at the brutal hate crime murder of Scotty Joe Weaver. The film focuses on a group of folks who are less concerned with the national debate over gay marriage than they are with the life risks they take being openly gay in small Southern towns.citation |title=Everyday queer warriors |first=Sara |last=Seinberg |url=http://www.gay.com/entertainment/news/?sernum=1169&navpath=/channels/entertainment/sundance/ |accessdate=2007-09-15 |periodical=Gay.com]

Cast

*Jim Bishop as Himself
*Bill Curtis as Himself
*Rick Gladish as Himself
*Fred Phelps as Himself
*Charles Smith as Himself
*Justin Williams as Himself

Quotes

*Kevin Smith, executive producer of Small Town Gay Bar and also of "Silent Bob" fame: "It's a film that is a portrait of small-town gay bars in rural Mississippi," Smith said, straightening up. "Which is probably the hardest place in the world to be gay. It's a portrait of how people will create their own community, even in the middle of a community that ostracizes them and wants nothing to do with them. They can still collectively come together and create an oasis for themselves to just chill out and be themselves and be who they can't be in this particular buckle of the Bible Belt."citation |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1521557/01252006/story.jhtml |date=2006-01-25 |title=Paris Hilton Baffles Kevin Smith; Matt Dillon Offends Sundance Audiences |first=Larry |last=Carroll |accessdate=2007-09-15 |periodical=MTV]
*David Rooney of Daily Variety Magazine: "Ingram illustrates how gay bars function as oases of acceptance and alternative families for his good-humored, enduring subjects."citation |title=Small Town Gay Bar |url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117929441.html?categoryId=31&cs=1 |first=David |last=Rooney |periodical=Variety |accessdate=2007-09-15]
*Philip Martin of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: "Ingram’s movie not only makes it clear that people can be brave and resourceful in the face of intolerance, they can also throw a great party."citation |title=ON FILM: Community and courage
url=http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/aug/10/film-community-and-courage-20070810/?entertainment/movies |first=Philip |last=Martin |periodical=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |accessdate=2007-09-15 |date=2007-08-10]

Soundtrack

1. Rollin' and Tumblin' by R.L. Burnside
2. Tired Hands by K.C. Accidental
3. 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel by Cowboy Junkies
4. Mosquito by Jake Fairley
5. Anthems For a 17 Year Old Girl by Broken Social Scene
6. Love Is A Place by Metric
7. A Million Dead End Jobs by FemBots
8. The Rainbow by Ween
9. The Transit Song by FemBots
10. What Comes After One by FemBots
11. Animals Of Prey by The Hidden Cameras
12. At Night by Jake Fairley
13. We Oh We by The Hidden Cameras
14. Gay Bar by Electric Six
15. The Fear Is On by The Hidden Cameras
16. Small Town Murder Scene by FemBots
17. Broken And Blue by FemBots
18. I'm Still Your Fag by Broken Social Scene
19. Ban Marriage by The Hidden Cameras

Awards

*2006 Grand Jury Award winner at the L.A. Fest for Best Documentarycite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492487/awards |title=IMDb Awards Page]
*2006 Grand Jury Award winner at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival for Best Documentary
*2006 Nominated for Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival
*2006 Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival
*2006 Official Selection at the SXSW Film Festival
*2007 GLAAD Media Award Nomination for Best Documentary

References

External links

* [http://www.smalltowngaybar.com/ Small Town Gay Bar official web site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/smalltowngaybar Small Town Gay Bar official MySpace page]
* [http://rumorsms.citymax.com/page/page.cfm/2198523 Rumors official web site]
* [http://www.different-seasons.com/ Different Seasons official web site]
* [http://www.rhapsody.com/playlistcentral/playlistdetail?playlistId=ply.17408421 Small Town Gay Bar Soundtrack on Rhapsody.com Free Music]