Beyond Hatred

A Family´s Gay Son Murdered by Skinheads

In 2002, three French skinheads went to a public park in Rheims looking for an ´Arab´ to attack when they came across Francois Chenu, a young gay man. After he refused to deny his homosexuality when taunted with gay slurs, he was viciously beaten and thrown unconscious into a pond, where he drowned.

In this deeply moving, highly acclaimed documentary, Chenu´s family confronts the murder of their 29-year-old son and courageous tries to move beyond feelings of hatred and revenge. Filmed in classic verite style, without narration and in a non-sensationalist manner, Beyond Hatred explores the social and psychological roots or homophobia and other hate crimes, and demonstrates the emotional maturity that enables the rare human quality of forgiveness. In its remarkably intimate style, this powerful film reveals the gradual process of emotional catharsis - from initial shock and grief to an understanding of how the deprived and prejudiced backgrounds of their son´s killers generated such violence.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 9 Juni, 2008