Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project
In 2003, Sakia Gunn was fatally stabbed in a gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. She was fifteen years old and called herself an Aggressive, a homosexual woman of color who dresses in masculine attire but does not necessarily identify as either lesbian or female-to-male transgender. DREAMS DEFERRED depicts the homophobia that caused her untimely death and questions the lack of national media coverage of the murder of a Black gay youth.
Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project
Why was Sakia Gunn murdered?
In 2003, Sakia Gunn was fatally stabbed in a gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. She was fifteen years old and called herself an Aggressive, a homosexual woman of color who dresses in masculine attire but does not necessarily identify as either lesbian or female-to-male transgender. DREAMS DEFERRED depicts the homophobia that caused her untimely death and questions the lack of national media coverage of the murder of a Black gay youth.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Charles B. Brack
- Studio
- Third World Newsreel
Maturity rating
Not yet rated.
Audio languages
English
Where to watch
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