Small town gay bar documentary

The filmmakers clearly juxtapose Phelps and his followers with the simple, sweet sentiments of the brother of a slain gay man. All All. Sign in. The film is a moving portrait of men and women fighting to create and maintain community for themselves in the face of great opposition, hypocrisy, and prejudice within a largely ignored subculture of discreet backdoor entrances and hushed sexual expression in small town Mississippi.

If every queen is out getting blissed out of their mind and ignoring hate mongers like Phelps, his numbers only grow stronger. Filmmaker Malcolm Ingram reveals the surprisingly close-knit community centered around two gay bars in the American Deep South. The film is a moving portrait of men and women fighting to create and maintain community for themselves in the face of great opposition, hypocrisy, and prejudice within a largely ignored subculture of discreet backdoor entrances and hushed sexual expression in small town Mississippi.

It's easy to wonder - why stay? Watch trailers & learn more. Thankfully for the rest of us this is an incredibly well made, thoughtful documentary for people with enough maturity to realize that while not everything in life can be glowsticks and glitter, that doesn't make it any less worth living. Despite all the trials, the gay bars in little town are still sticking it out thanks to a few brave individuals, with arguably more heart and sense of community their well coiffed city counterparts can muster these days.

Focusing on the day-to-day struggles of two Mississippi gay bars and the grateful patrons who often travel hundreds of miles to find them, filmmaker Malcolm Ingram reveals a surprisingly close community that treats its residents like family members. There are a lot of depressing moments. These people are the pioneers in the wild wild west of an oppressively straight and yes, sometimes cruel world.

I think it was quite powerful. Hide spoilers. Filmmaker Malcolm Ingram reveals the surprisingly close-knit community centered around two gay bars in the American Deep South. This documentary shows a lot of different sides of gay life through telling the story of several different gay bars in the "Bible belt," both hardships and the joys.

It's not safe for them, it's not easy - but they're finding their moments of joy and a place to belong without running away from the places they grew up. As a young gay man, I found this movie inspiring. Small Town Gay Bar is a documentary film directed by Malcolm Ingram that focuses on two gay bars in the rural deep Southeast United States, one in Shannon, Mississippi, and one in Meridian, Mississippi.

And if anything, I think the film has a message of hope. Know thy enemy. Describing this movie as depressing and deeming it unfit to see because of it seems short- sighted in the extreme. Small Town Gay Bar is a documentary film directed by Malcolm Ingram that focuses on two gay bars in the rural deep Southeast United States, one in Shannon, Mississippi, and one in Meridian, Mississippi. The lives of gays in the Deep South are explored in this documentary, which looks at two bars in rural Mississippi that cater to a homosexual clientele.

But that's my only real complaint. The lives of gays in the Deep South are explored in this documentary, which looks at two bars in rural Mississippi that cater to a homosexual clientele. Presents a very real, honest look at gay life in a small town If the reality presented in this documentary is too much for some reviewers, that's too bad. Any time Phelps gets any screen time it is dismaying, but he's a great figure to use to show the very extreme of anti-gay movements.

Watch trailers & learn more. User reviews. One of them transitions ownership while the other dies spectacularly before being reborn in a more hopeful incarnation. In less than an hour and a half, Ingram tells the short story of two southern gay bars of very different character and gets to know a few key employees and clientele.