FILM 1493: VALENTINE ROAD
On February 12, 2008, in Oxnard,
California, eighth-grade student Brandon McInerney shot his classmate Larry
King twice in the back of the head during first period. When Larry died two
days later, his murder shocked the nation. Was this a hate crime, one
perpetrated by a budding neo-Nazi whose masculinity was threatened by an
effeminate gay kid who may have had a crush on him? Or was there even more to
it? Looking beyond all the copious news coverage of this tragic event,
Valentine Road tells the story of two victims: the deceased and the murderer.
With keen insight, the film connects the human wreckage of Larry's and
Brandon's troubled lives-both physically abused, both from broken homes, and
both searching for a sense of belonging.
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