Micah Fink and Maurice Tomlinson – Director and Legal Advisor – The Abominable Crime
Festival section: Minds
Filmmaker Micah Fink talks to FRED about his documentary THE ABOMINABLE CRIME. We are also joined by Maurice Tomlinson, the legal advisor who is featured in the documentary and has been involved in HIV/AIDS and LGBTI activism in the Caribbean for over 14 years (AIDS Free World).
This is a story about a mother’s love for her child and an activist’s love for his country – and the stakes are life and death. Spanning five countries, THE ABOMINABLE CRIME explores the impacts of homophobia through the eyes of two gay Jamaicans who are forced to choose between their homeland and their lives. Simone, a young lesbian mother, survives being shot outside of her home my anti-gay gunmen. She must choose between living in hiding with her daughter in Jamaica or traveling alone to seek safety and asylum abroad. Maurice, Jamaica’s leaving gay-rights activist, is outed shortly after filing a lawsuit to overturn Jamaica’s anti-sodomy law. He escapes to Canada, but decides to return to continue his activism…
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Reporter: Matt Micucci