Love, Scott | |
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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 |
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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]
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]
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]
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 feature screenplay titled It's the Fear That Keeps Me Awake. [11]
Love, Scott | |
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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 |
|
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]
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]
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]
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 feature screenplay titled It's the Fear That Keeps Me Awake. [11]