"Upstairs Inferno," a new documentary about the biggest anti-gay mass murder in history, promises to be the must-see film of the year.
Via Towleroad:
Via Towleroad:
On June 24, 1973, an arsonist’s blaze killed 29 people in New Orleans’ Upstairs Lounge bar. Another three people died from burns sustained from the fire, making it the largest anti-gay mass murder in our nation’s history. But the tale of the survivors and other people affected by the crime will finally be heard thanks to "Upstairs Inferno," a documentary set for release this year. The horror, disbelief and sadness still lives on, but with it a glimmer of love and the conviction that no one should ever suffer such injustice just because of who they are.
Check out the trailer HERE.
1 comment:
I am New Orleanian, but have not seen this film yet. It is well accepted that the fire was set by a scorned, drug addled lover of one of the people in the bar. That person later killed himself over the guilt of what he had done. If the film suggest sometime different, it is peddling a falsehood. That said, to the extent that it reflects the maliced indifference that followed the crime, it would be correct.
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