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| Summary: | Three writers from the online magazine Young Gay America travel across the United States, interviewing gay and lesbian youths in Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Pueblo, Colorado, Lawton, Oklahoma, Scottsbluff and Lincoln, Nebraska, Kansas City, Missouri, and Delaware. The story of Jim Wheeler, a gay teenager who suffered from homophobia and took his own life, is also told through interviews with his parents, friends, and teachers.
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| Item Description: | A gifted young artist and poet, Jim Wheeler was the first openly gay student in his rural Pennsylvania high school. He has the love and support of a devoted family, but it wasn't enough. The abuse he suffered from his classmates eventually drove him to suicide. Jim in Bold is the story of Jim Wheeler told through wrenching and vivid interviews with his family, friends and teachers and through three of his powerful poems, including the film's title, Jim in Bold. Interwoven is a series of on-camera interviews with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (GLBTQ) youth from across the country. Five years after Jim's death, the founders of Young Gay America embarked on a national road trip to capture these stories. The interviews reveal a resilient, thriving GLBTQ youth culture and offer a hopeful counterpoint to Jim's tragic journey. -- Container. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (78 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital 2.0. |
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| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Christopher Landy ; editor, Mark Wawrzenski ; original music, Michael Aharon. |
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