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• Actors: PBS documentary
• Studio: PBS
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000XH4YMU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #420,105 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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VHS-On February 19, 1999, in Sylacauga, Alabama, 39-year-old computer programmer Billy Jack Gaither was brutally beaten with an axe handle. His throat was cut, and his body was set on fire. One of his convicted killers, Steven Mullins, testified he killed Gaither because he was "queer." Why have gays like Gaither and Matthew Shepard become the target of such brutality? What is the source of this kind of hatred? "Assault on Gay America" explores whether there are possible links between the forces that drove Billy Jack's killers and the forces that fuel homophobia in the general law-abiding public.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scary and Brutally Honest, October 22, 2010

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mike kent "MKH" (St Louis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Assault on Gay America : PBS : Frontline (VHS Tape)

I do not own this documentary, but I used to borrow it from the library to showq to my college classes. It is riveting. I wonder though why PBS does not sell this documentary? I want to purchase it, but am afraid to buy a used VHS tape from anyone.