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In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's death—with unnerving detail. Stockard Channing delivers an unforgettable, Emmy® Award-winning performance as Matthew's grieving mother, Judy, in a story of a murder that moved a nation to action. Also starring Law & Order's Sam Waterston.
Keywords
homophobia
lgbt
gay theme
Casts

Stockard Channing
Judy Shepard

Shane Meier
Matthew Shepard

Wendy Crewson
Sarah
Kristen Thomson
Romaine Patterson
Joseph Ziegler
Cal

Yani Gellman
Pablo

Sam Waterston
Dennis Shepard

Drew Nelson
Lance
Crews

Roger Spottiswoode
Director
Clara George
Producer
John Wierick
Writer
Jacob Krueger
Writer

Annie Bradley
First Assistant Director
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