Love, Scott
| Love, Scott | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Laura Marie Wayne |
| Written by | Laura Marie Wayne |
| Produced by | Annette Clarke |
| Starring | Scott Jones |
| Cinematography | Laura Marie Wayne |
| Edited by | Laura Marie Wayne Marcos Caraballo |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Love, Scott is a 2018 Canadian documentary film, directed by Laura Marie Wayne.[1] The film profiles Scott Jones, a gay man who was left paraplegic in an anti-gay attack in 2013.[1]
Background[edit]
On October 12, 2013, Jones, a gay resident of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, was stabbed by a knife-wielding man after leaving the Acro Lounge.[2] His attacker, Shane Matheson, was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison in June 2014.[3] During his recovery, Jones participated in the creation of Don't Be Afraid, a province-wide campaign to combat homophobia,[4] and was selected as the grand marshal of the 2014 Halifax Pride parade.[4]
Film[edit]
The film profiles Jones, who was by 2018 a music student in Toronto, Ontario.[5] The film explores his process of reaching a place of forgiveness, both against his attacker and against the police for declining to prosecute the case as a hate crime, and his desire to create something positive out of his experience by using choral music as a tool of healing and social change education.[5]
The film had its theatrical premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival in March 2018,[6] and had its North American premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in April.[7] It was later screened at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in May, where it received the Jury Prize for Best Canadian Feature.[8]
Related[edit]
In 2022, Jones released his own short film, Coin Slot, about the impending anniversary of his 2013 attack.[9] It was the winner of the Best Atlantic Short Film award at the 2022 Atlantic International Film Festival.[10] He previously won the festival's RBC Script Development Award in 2020 for a screenplay titled It's the Fear That Keeps Me Awake,[11] although sources have not yet been located to clarify whether that was a working title for Coin Slot, or another film yet to be released.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "After surviving attack, Scott Jones chronicles the 'lifelong process' of forgiveness". The Current, April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Scott Jones said he was attacked for being gay". CBC News, December 11, 2013.
- ^ "Scott Jones says he forgives his attacker, Shane Edward Matheson". CBC News, June 12, 2014.
- ^ a b "Halifax Pride names Scott Jones grand marshal". Xtra!, July 6, 2014.
- ^ a b "Inside Out 2018: Love, Scott captures the personal toll of police failure". Now, May 23, 2018.
- ^ "Makers of hate-crime documentary Love, Scott: ‘Being in the closet is a form of trauma’". PinkNews, March 29, 2018.
- ^ "Review: ‘Love, Scott’". Point of View, April 25, 2018.
- ^ "'White Rabbit' wins 2018 Inside Out LGBT Film Festival audience award". Screen Daily, June 4, 2018.
- ^ "'Together Again' at the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival". CBC News Nova Scotia, September 8, 2022.
- ^ Stephen Cooke, "Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Bernie Langille among Atlantic International Film Festival award winners". SaltWire Network, September 22, 2022.
- ^ Stephen Cooke, "Bone Cage strikes a chord with FIN Stream audiences, earns four awards". SaltWire Network, September 28, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Love, Scott at IMDb
