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Related: About this forumThe ‘Hunted’ Gays of Putin’s Russia: Vicious Vigilantes and State Bigotry Close Up
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/06/the-hunted-gays-of-putin-s-russia-vicious-vigilantes-and-state-bigotry-close-up.htmlNew HBO film...........
Targeted on all sides by thugs, the Kremlin, and the Orthodox Church, Russian LGBTs face a desperate situation that is graphically evoked in HBOs new documentary.
What is the sound of a man terrified for his life? The sound of a man surrounded by 13 bullies who are desperate to beat him up, maybe worse, for being gay? Well, it is a horrible sound. A whimpering, half-growl and curdled scream, a cornered-animal cry of a sound.
The man is held down and taunted and asked questions on a video camera for footage that will later be released to destroy his life just in case the vigilantes surrounding him, wanting to pour urine over him, haven't made him feel so lousy that he might commit suicide, as they hope he will. They laugh as they imagine gays doing that.
It is the sound of this gentleman's whimpering you may not be able to expunge from your mind after watching Ben Steeles brilliant, if thoroughly disturbing, HBO documentary, Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia, which premieres tonight (Monday).
This harrowing film, narrated by Matt Bomer, takes the viewer into modern-day Russia and the state of siege its LGBT citizens exist under. Sanctioned by the State and carried out most viciously in physical terms by vigilante squads who torture and beat gay men, these despicable attacks are then posted online to fully destroy the victims professional and personal lives and sense of selves.
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The ‘Hunted’ Gays of Putin’s Russia: Vicious Vigilantes and State Bigotry Close Up (Original Post)
OKNancy
Oct 2014
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pinto
(106,886 posts)1. Saw a trailer for the piece. Looks pretty powerful.
"State of siege" is an apt description for gays in Russia today.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)2. OK, let's cue the Putinistas in
3...2...1
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)3. I think they know better than to start that stuff here
At least I hope so!
okasha
(11,573 posts)4. New thugs, same as the old thugs.
Sat what you will about the Soviets, but they at least had an ideology that they could be called out on. Putin is a Czar in all but name.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)6. Want to see something really frightening?
Have your barf bag at the ready!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29513589
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)7. god
I have seen porn sites that have more taste.
okasha
(11,573 posts)8. But largely the same people.
Russia, unfortunately, is in much the same deplorable condition as Mexico. Both are in effect ruled by criminal organizations.
Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)9. Here is the film (NSFW)
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