The Matthew Shepard Story

Name: The Matthew Shepard Story
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 2002-03-16
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Wendy Crewson, Kristen Thomson, Joseph Ziegler, Stockard Channing, Shane Meier

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Release Date

3/16/2002

Runtime

92 mins

Genres

Drama TV Movie

Overview

In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's death—with unnerving detail. Stockard Channing delivers an unforgettable, Emmy® Award-winning performance as Matthew's grieving mother, Judy, in a story of a murder that moved a nation to action. Also starring Law & Order's Sam Waterston.

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Released

Original Language

English

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A harrowing chronicle of a hate crime that refocuses the national conversation on violence against LGBTQ+ people, framed through the parallel narratives of Matthew's final weeks and his parents' vigil during his killers' trial.