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The film profiles Jones, who is now a music student in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], in the present day.<ref name=now>[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/inside-out-2018-scott-jones/ "Inside Out 2018: Love, Scott captures the personal toll of police failure"]. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', May 23, 2018.</ref> The film explores his process of reaching a place of [[forgiveness]], both against his attacker and against the police for declining to prosecute the case as a [[hate crime]], and his desire to create something positive out of his experience by using [[choral music]] as a tool of healing and social change education.<ref name=now/>
The film profiles Jones, who is now a music student in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], in the present day.<ref name=now>[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/inside-out-2018-scott-jones/ "Inside Out 2018: Love, Scott captures the personal toll of police failure"]. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', May 23, 2018.</ref> The film explores his process of reaching a place of [[forgiveness]], both against his attacker and against the police for declining to prosecute the case as a [[hate crime]], and his desire to create something positive out of his experience by using [[choral music]] as a tool of healing and social change education.<ref name=now/>


The film had its theatrical premiere at [[BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival]] in March 2018.<ref>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/03/29/makers-of-hate-crime-documentary-love-scott-being-in-the-closet-is-a-form-of-trauma/ "Makers of hate-crime documentary Love, Scott: ‘Being in the closet is a form of trauma’"]. ''[[PinkNews]]'', March 29, 2018.</ref> It had its North American premiere at the [[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]] in April,<ref>[http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/review-love-scott "Review: ‘Love, Scott’"]. ''POV Magazine'', April 25, 2018.</ref> and was screened at the [[Inside Out Film and Video Festival]] in May.<ref name=now/>
The film had its theatrical premiere at [[BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival]] in March 2018.<ref>[https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/03/29/makers-of-hate-crime-documentary-love-scott-being-in-the-closet-is-a-form-of-trauma/ "Makers of hate-crime documentary Love, Scott: ‘Being in the closet is a form of trauma’"]. ''[[PinkNews]]'', March 29, 2018.</ref> It had its North American premiere at the [[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]] in April,<ref>[http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/review-love-scott "Review: ‘Love, Scott’"]. ''POV Magazine'', April 25, 2018.</ref> and was screened at the [[Inside Out Film and Video Festival]] in May, where it received the Jury Prize for Best Canadian Feature.<ref name=now/>


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Love, Scott
Directed byLaura Marie Wayne
Written byLaura Marie Wayne
Produced byAnnette Clarke
StarringScott Jones
CinematographyLaura Marie Wayne
Edited byLaura Marie Wayne
Marcos Caraballo
Release date
Running time
76 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Love, Scott is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Laura Marie Wayne and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles Scott Jones, a gay man who was left paraplegic in an anti-gay attack in 2013.[1]

Background

On October 12, 2013 Jones, a gay resident of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, was stabbed by a knife-wielding man after leaving the Acro Lounge.[2] His attacker, Shane Matheson, was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison in June 2014.[3] During his recovery, Jones participated in the creation of Don't Be Afraid, a province-wide campaign to combat homophobia,[4] and was selected as the grand marshal of the 2014 Halifax Pride parade.[4]

Film

The film profiles Jones, who is now a music student in Toronto, Ontario, in the present day.[5] The film explores his process of reaching a place of forgiveness, both against his attacker and against the police for declining to prosecute the case as a hate crime, and his desire to create something positive out of his experience by using choral music as a tool of healing and social change education.[5]

The film had its theatrical premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival in March 2018.[6] It had its North American premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in April,[7] and was screened at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in May, where it received the Jury Prize for Best Canadian Feature.[5]

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