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Small Town Gay Bar

Jim Bishop (Actor), Malcolm Ingram (Director) Rated:

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Actors: Jim Bishop
Directors: Malcolm Ingram
Format: Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
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Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: August 7, 2007
Run Time: 81 minutes
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
ASIN: B002SAMMLK
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,737 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #483 in Movies & TV > DVD > LGBT
- #4523 in Movies & TV > DVD > Documentary

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Hilarious and touching film for any audience

By Bina on July 15, 2007

I was lucky enough to see this film last summer when it made the LGBT film festival circuit, and even got to meet the filmmaker. This is a brilliant piece of documentary film making. Clever, evocative, great subjects (the stories about the fights they used to have out in the woods - Marines vs. trannies - you will laugh for days) and crisply edited. This is an entertaining and educational look at what life for gay Americans can be like in thousands of little towns making up that large expanse of land between New York and Los Angeles.

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Reality Bites

By Olukayode Balogun on November 29, 2007

Director Malcolm Ingram and executive producer Kevin Smith - he who wrote and directed the 1997 straight man wants gay woman Ben Affleck vehicle "Chasing Amy" - have a well-put together, engrossing and very informative little documentary here. It tells of the difficulties faced by LGBT people living in north east Mississippi and the action focuses mainly on two bars; Rumors in Shannon and Crossroads in Meridien.

I don't want to give too much away but we are also introduced to the Reverend Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, who runs a psychotic organisation called "God Hates Fags". I'd already met him and his cohorts via a BBC documentary I saw last year sometime. Maybe psychotic is too strong a word but his homophobia is definitely affecting his mental health. One of his theories, for instance is that God hates America because America is too tolerant of gays and this is why God punished America by inflicting on it the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I think people who've lost their grasp on reality are called psychotics but I'm not 100% sure.

Then there's Tim Wildmon of the American Family Association who manages to find the time with his band of merry men, to camp outside gay bars writing down car number plates and then broadcasting them over the radio.

We also get to hear, sadly and briefly, about 18 year old Scotty Weaver, who was murdered simply for being gay in July 2004.

So it would seem that even in this day and age and in certain parts of a country as ostensibly civilised at the United States of America, it's still incredibly difficult to be gay. This documentary is no barrel of laughs (the friend I was watching it with had to leave the room half way through) but it's not all doom and gloom and it does carry a powerful message.Read more ›

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Looking for a Place to Belong

By Bryan A. Pfleeger VINE VOICE on October 3, 2007

Malcolm Ingram's Small Town Gay Bar is one of those rare documentaries that honestly makes you think and it allows its viewers to see a different aspect of their world without beating them over the head with politics.

The rare gay bar in rural bible belt Mississippi has become a haven for the gay community which is often persecuted for their lifestyle. The film focuses on two small communities Meridian and Shannon, Mississippi.

Shannon, Mississippi was home to Rumors a small bar owned and run by Rick Gladish. Rumors was people friendly and all inclusive. one gets the picture that all were welcome at this bar. We meet patrons, performers and family members who saw this bar as a light in the darkness in the small town. Rumors was a place where you could be yourself without fear of reprisal if you could just get into the confines of the bar. In short it was a place where all felt welcome.

Meridian is a larger city. It is the home of Fred Phelps. Phelps for want of a better description is a hell fire and damnation preacher who is actively and rabidly anti gay. Meridian was also the home to Crossroads, a bar where anything was possible. Crossroads drew a diverse crowd and often became a freakshow but yet was a place of inclusiveness. The bar closed after its owner had a run in with the police.

We see the rampant homophobia of small town life but also much more. The viewer is shown a world that he often does not see. The bar is a place where anyone can belong: it acts as an outlet and a safe haven in a world that is not always fair and just.

This is an excellent documentary that is worth checking out.

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A (Big) Slice of Gay Americana & History in Rural USA

By drakkar91 on August 11, 2013

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From 2006, the documentary is a must see for anyone who is: gay, maybe knows someone gay, drag queens, people from the South (especially Mississippi), you despise hate crimes or you would like to see what gay life was like in the deep south in the early/mid 2000's (and back in the 80's). On a different scale, Small Town Gay Bar is a modern history lesson to life in the pre-social media explosion. And for anyone who came out in the 80's and 90's in most of America, you'll likely find a piece of your own history embedded in the film. What the documentary Limelight was to New York City, this film is to rural small town America.

The film focuses not only on the plight of 2 gay bars in Mississippi, but also the extreme hatred against gays in this part of America. The film highlights the 2004 brutal murder of Scotty Weaver (which made me think of The Matthew Shepard Story), and though rather unpleasant, features an interview with Fred Phelps to showcase how life is in the area. It also features a brief glimpse back to several of the earliest gay bars from the late 70's and 80's in Mississippi - some of which (barely) stand in disarray (at the time of filming).

For any of us living in major metropolitan areas, it's hard to imagine gay life in such rural areas. But for anyone who visited similar bars (as I did in places like New Jersey and Pennsylvania), this is also a time capsule to a time before every aspect of gay nightlife was captured on Facebook, Twitter and TMZ.Read more ›

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Good thanks

Good but the movie sucked.

Published 2 months ago by D.L. Jones III

You're not alone

Awesome documentary about growing up gay/bi in a small town. There are some definite struggles but you're not alone. #Itgetsbetter

Published 6 months ago by Joani L. Kent

Three Stars

this dvd is more documentary, but it is interesting.

Published 21 months ago by M W

Unforgettable Stories

This is a great documentary that I originally saw at the Washington DC gay film festival (Reel Affirmations). Read more

Published on November 22, 2013 by JOHN C

ENTERTAINING EDUCATION

FOR THE DAD WHO WANTS TO DISOWN HIS SON FOR BEING WHO HE IS HOPEFULLY THIS DOCUMENTARY WILL GIVE YOU REASON TO WANT TO HOLD YOUR SON AGAIN AND LET HIM KNOW HIS DAD LOVES HIM.

Published on June 13, 2013 by blaq

Small Town but a Great Community

A great depiction of small town life & one of the few shining examples I have ever seen of the LGBT community pulling and working TOGETHER ! Read more

Published on September 15, 2012 by GayboyJax

Wonderful documentary

In depth, intriquing look at a minority population lives within a very conservative area. It is a great documentary that looks into a small town and how the gay culture is... Read more

Published on September 29, 2011 by Amanda L. Smith

The challenges of being gay in a small town

This documentary sheds some light on what it's like to be gay and living in a small town in the United States. I would give it 3. Read more

Published on December 23, 2009 by Davewise

A Different Slice of Life

Small Town Gay Bar attempts to put a twist on America's current obsession with sexual identity by examining gays and lesbians who live in the rural South. Read more

Published on November 30, 2009 by stoic

Incredibly Disingenuous

After spending half an hour examining Rumors, a gay bar located outside Tupelo, Mississippi, SMALL TOWN GAY BAR shifts focus to the murder of Scotty Weaver in Bay Minette in order... Read more

Published on March 7, 2008 by Gary F. Taylor

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