The Laramie Project

Synopsis

Required watching on many college campuses, this film shows a New York theatre troupe as they shed light on the hate crime/murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard.

The script was created from hundreds of hours of testimony from the people involved: Matthewís family and friends, the policewoman who found Matthew's body, and the two young men found guilty of beating him to death.

Cast

Michael Emerson, Clancy Brown, Dylan Baker, Noah Fleiss, Summer Phoenix, Christina Ricci, Janeane Garofalo, Tom Bower, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Laura Linney, Steve Buscemi, Jeremy Davies, Joshua Jackson, Terry Kinney, Amy Madigan, Bill Irwin, Margo Martindale, Camryn Manheim, James Murtaugh, Richard Riehle, Nestor Carbonell