| Genre: | Documentary |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Rating: | ? |
| Length: | 80 min |
| Country: | USA |
| Cast: | Donald Aldrich
Corey Burley
Raymond Childs
William Cross
Kenneth French
Jay Johnson
Jeffrey Swinford |
| Credits: | Directed by Arthur Dong |
| Awards: | Sundance Film Festival
Best Documentary Directar Award
Filmmakers Trophy(1997)
Seattle International Film Festival
Best Documentry, Golden Space Needle Award (1997) |
Synopsis:
Winner of 1997's "Best Documentary Director Award" and the "Filmmakers Trophy Award" at the Sundance Film Festival and an official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival, Licensed To Kill is an uncompromising investigation into the roots of homophobia and anti-gay violence. As seen through the eyes of murderers, the film examines the social, political, and cultural environments of these men and asks the provocative questions whether society had given them a "license to kill" homosexuals. Using interviews, videotaped confessions of prepetrators, news reports, court room scenes, graphic evidence from police files, and childhood photos of murderers, the film takes a riveting journey into the mids of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. As disturbing as these men are, the documentary is also a unique and probing expose ona society that may, in some chillign way, sanction hatred and intolerance.
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