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Multi - Award Winning Film * * * Premiere Benefit Screening in support of the Community United Against Violence (CUAV) The movie that has been called a "hypnotic, unforgettable story" by PlanetOut, Hate Crime will be released in San Francisco in support of the nation's first LGBTQQ anti-violence organization - Community United Against Violence (CUAV- www.cuav.org ). San Francisco's Hate Crime screening will be held at the historic Castro Theatre on Tuesday, May 30th at 7:00PM. The p rogram will include a live performance by Composer/Producer of Hate Crime - Ebony Tay, a Panel Discussion and Q&A with Cast & Crew, and an After Party & Reception with star of the film - Seth Peterson in attendance. Writer/Director/Producer Tommy Stovall's Hate Crime has been an enormous success throughout 2005 on the independent film festival circuit, including awards for Best Supporting Actor (Chad Donella) and Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye) at the Breckenridge Festival of Film. Stovall also won at Breckenridge for Best Director, for garnering amazing performances from his actors. The film has been playing to great success in Barcelona, Germany, Italy, and in addition to its showings at the prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival, Hate Crime garnered the Best Feature/Audience Choice Award and Best Feature/Executive Director's Choice Award at The 2005 Sedona International Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Award at the 2005 Q Cinema in Ft Worth, TX. Set in Dallas , Texas , the film juxtaposes an ordinary, middle class, church-going gay couple against a homophobic, reactionary young man and his co-horts. Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy find their usually peaceful existence threatened when Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher, moves in and steadily grows more menacing in his behavior towards them. When a hate crime is committed against them, Robbie's quest for justice takes him outside the realm of the authorities, igniting a series of unexpected consequences and revelations. WHO: HATE CRIME stars Seth Peterson ( Providence ) as Robbie, with Bruce Davison ( X-Men 1 & 2 , Runaway Jury ), Giancarlo Esposito ( Usual Suspects , Homicide: Life on the Street ), Cindy Pickett ( Ferris Bueller's Day Off ), Chad Donella ( Final Destination ), Susan Blakely ( The Towering Inferno ), and Lin Shaye ( There's Something About Mary ) among the ensemble cast. WHAT: Multi-Award Winning Film - HATE CRIME Premiere Benefit Screening in support of Community United Against Violence (CUAV - www.cuav.org ) "[Hate Crime] holds our attention and contains surprises right until the end. ...The ending of 'Hate Crime' raises complex moral issues that makes the movie more thought-provoking than we could possibly have expected." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times * * * "I give Stovall credit for showing a side of gay life rarely shown on screen, and I applaud him for throwing a challenging and scrutinizing eye at justice. This is a complicated and thought-provoking work that is a little sloppy with its morals, but that almost makes it more worth watching and discussing. " (3 out of 4 stars) - Ain't It Cool News * More Dates TBA
Check out what Film Critics are saying about Award-Winning Indie Film "[Hate Crime] holds our attention and contains surprises right until the end. ...The ending of 'Hate Crime' raises complex moral issues that makes the movie more thought-provoking than we could possibly have expected." "Writer-director Tommy Stovall has done a remarkable job for a first feature, blending genres seamlessly with very little overt political preaching. The actors Stovall's script attracted attest to its power." "'Hate Crime' manages some intriguing plot twists and a surprise ending that make the trip worthwile." "I give Stovall credit for showing a side of gay life rarely shown on screen, and I applaud him for throwing a challenging and scrutinizing eye at justice. This is a complicated and thought-provoking work that is a little sloppy with its morals, but that almost makes it more worth watching and discussing. " "…a surprisingly emotional and often suspenseful film that captures both the good and the bad that might be found lurking in a neighborhood near you. ...While you may not love the subject matter, you're sure to appreciate the emotional intelligence of some of the film's characters and the grace with which Stovall tells a moving, hypnotic, unforgettable story.” "The insidiousness of hate crimes inflicted on the GLBT community are dealt with in very human terms in Stovall's movie.” "Tommy Stovall has done amazing work as a first-time filmmaker, drawing out extraordinary performances from his cast. Hate Crime is gripping entertainment, and its ambiguous moral questions will prompt discussions." "…a dramatic, well put together and to-the-point film…A common sense of what is morally right and wrong also pervades throughout the movie, which is a sense most anyone can identify with. I absolutely recommend this film to all because it reveals an underbelly of experiences and hate that is not normally considered." "Hate Crime takes viewers into the mind of a homophobic Texan preacher and explores his persecution of a suburban gay couple. Stovall's film raises a civil rights issue relevant to every gay in the US of A: when to fight back?” "Thick with Texas atmosphere and first-rate performances from a cast featuring Bruce Davison, Giancarlo Esposito and Lin Shaye, Tommy Stovall's audacious, accomplished first feature is an intelligent thriller exploring religious compassion and intolerance, familial bonds, and how these can foster love, hate and furious vengeance. HATE CRIME smartly and thoughtfully contrasts people driven by vastly different motivations toward similar violent acts, twisting and turning its way toward a provocative conclusion worthy of serious debate." "Tommy Stovall's accomplished first feature is an intelligent dramatic thriller exploring religious compassion and intolerance, familial bonds, and how these can foster love, hate, and vengeance. Hate Crime smartly and thoughtfully contrasts people driven by vastly different motivations toward similar violent acts, twisting and turning its way toward a provocative conclusion worthy of serious debate."
Multi - Award Winning Film The movie that has been called a "hypnotic, unforgettable story" by PlanetOut, Hate Crime will be released in Los Angeles in recognition of the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). LA's Hate Crime screening will be held at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 on Wednesday, May 17th at 6:30PM to benefit the Violence Intervention Program (VIP) with a portion of the proceeds going to IDAHO and VIP. The p rogram will include a live performance by Composer/Producer of Hate Crime - Ebony Tay, a presentation by VIP's Dr. Astrid Heger, a Panel Discussion and Q&A with Cast & Crew, and an After Party & Reception. Writer/Director/Producer Tommy Stovall's Hate Crime has been an enormous success throughout 2005 on the independent film festival circuit, including awards for Best Supporting Actor (Chad Donella) and Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye) at the Breckenridge Festival of Film. Stovall also won at Breckenridge for Best Director, for garnering amazing performances from his actors. The film has been playing to great success in Barcelona, Germany, Italy, and in addition to its showings at the prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival, Hate Crime garnered the Best Feature/Audience Choice Award and Best Feature/Executive Director's Choice Award at The 2005 Sedona International Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Award at the 2005 Q Cinema in Ft Worth, TX. WHAT: Multi-Award Winning Film - HATE CRIME Premiere Benefit Screening in support of VIP and IDAHO.
Multi - Award Winning Film The movie that has been called a "hypnotic, unforgettable story" by PlanetOut, Hate Crime will be released in Chicago, then on to LA, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Toronto via Pasidg Productions. Chicago's Hate Crime screening will be held at the Landmark Century Center Cinema on Thursday, May 11th at 7:00PM to benefit the Gay Liberation Network with regular showtimes May 13 - 18th. Writer/Director/Producer Tommy Stovall's Hate Crime has been an enormous success throughout 2005 on the independent film festival circuit, including awards for Best Supporting Actor (Chad Donella) and Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye) at the Breckenridge Festival of Film. Stovall also won at Breckenridge for Best Director, for garnering amazing performances from his actors. WHAT: Multi-Award Winning Film - HATE CRIME Premiere Benefit Screening in support of the Gay Liberation Network.
Multi - Award Winning Film * * * “Jesus By 45,” Ebony Tay's Incendiary End Title Theme To The movie that has been called a "hypnotic, unforgettable story" by PlanetOut, Hate Crime will be released in Chicago, then on to LA, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Toronto via Pasidg Productions. Chicago's Hate Crime premiere benefit screening will be held at the Landmark Century Center Cinema on Thursday, May 11th at 7:00PM but you are invited to watch a special press screening this Friday, May 5th at 2pm at the Lake Street Screening Room . Writer/Director/Producer Tommy Stovall's Hate Crime has been an enormous success throughout 2005 on the independent film festival circuit, including awards for Best Supporting Actor (Chad Donella) and Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye) at the Breckenridge Festival of Film. Stovall also won at Breckenridge for Best Director, for garnering amazing performances from his actors. The film has been playing to great success in Barcelona, Germany, Italy, and in addition to its showings at the prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival, Hate Crime garnered the Best Feature/Audience Choice Award and Best Feature/Executive Director's Choice Award at The 2005 Sedona International Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Award at the 2005 Q Cinema in Ft Worth, TX. WHAT: Multi-Award Winning Film - HATE CRIME Press Screening WHEN: Friday, May 5th, 2006 at 2:00pm
Multi - Award Winning Film The movie that has been called a "hypnotic, unforgettable story" by PlanetOut, Hate Crime has recently signed a deal with leading independent home entertainment company Image Entertainment for video distribution. Founded in 1981, Image Entertainment has over 2500 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 200 exclusive audio titles in release.
Writer/Director Tommy Stovall's Hate Crime has been an enormous success throughout 2005 on the independent film festival circuit, including awards for Best Supporting Actor (Chad Donella) and Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye) at the Breckenridge Festival of Film. Stovall also won at Breckenridge for Best Director, for garnering amazing performances from his actors. The film has been playing to great success in Barcelona, Germany and Italy, and in addition to its showings at the prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival, Hate Crime garnered the Best Feature/Audience Choice Award and Best Feature/Executive Director's Choice Award at The 2005 Sedona International Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Award at the 2005 Q Cinema in Ft Worth, TX.
Set in Dallas , Texas , the film juxtaposes an ordinary, middle class, church-going gay couple against a homophobic, reactionary young man and his co-horts. Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy find their usually peaceful existence threatened when Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher, moves in and steadily grows more menacing in his behavior towards them. When a hate crime is committed against them, Robbie's quest for justice takes him outside the realm of the authorities, igniting a series of unexpected consequences and revelations. HATE CRIME stars Seth Peterson ( Providence ) as Robbie, with Bruce Davison ( X-Men 1 & 2 , Runaway Jury ), Giancarlo Esposito ( Usual Suspects , Homicide: Life on the Street ), Cindy Pickett ( Ferris Bueller's Day Off ), Chad Donella ( Final Destination ), Susan Blakely ( The Towering Inferno ), and Lin Shaye ( There's Something About Mary ) among the ensemble cast.
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Screening Of Hit Indie Film HATE CRIME Raises Money For
(l-r) Anti-Violence Project Executive Director CLARENCE PATTON, Hate Crime Writer/Director TOMMY STOVALL, PHOTO CREDIT: Chris Ramon
Special Benefit Screening of the Multi - Award Winning Film * * * All Proceeds Benefit the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project * * * Live Performance of “Jesus By 45,” Ebony Tay's Incendiary End Title Theme To Acclaimed Indie Film Hate Crime The movie that has been called a "hypnotic, unforgettable story" by PlanetOut, Hate Crime will be showing a special benefit screening of the film on Friday, March 17 in support of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. The screening will be held at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in Manhattan where Hate Crime will be playing every night from March 16-22. Following the screening, there will be a live performance by Composer and Co-Producer of the film - Ebony Tay. Tay wil perform the incendiary end title them to the acclaimed film, "Jesus By 45." Writer/Director/Producer Tommy Stovall's Hate Crime has been an enormous success throughout 2005 on the independent film festival circuit, including awards for Best Supporting Actor (Chad Donella) and Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye) at the Breckenridge Festival of Film. Stovall also won at Breckenridge for Best Director, for garnering amazing performances from his actors. The film has been playing to great success in Barcelona , Germany, Italy, and i n addition to its showings at the prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival, Hate Crime garnered the Best Feature/Audience Choice Award and Best Feature/Executive Director's Choice Award at The 2005 Sedona International Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Award at the 2005 Q Cinema in Ft Worth, TX. The reaction from DJs and radio programmers from the Bible Belt to Hawaii to “Jesus By 45” has been fierce and explosive, propelling New York DJ Mike Cruz's remix of film composer Ebony Tay's unforgettable end title theme to Tommy Stovall's critically acclaimed independent film Hate Crime into the Top 20. For the week ending October 7, 2005, “Jesus By 45” is at #20 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart. The song was previously the second highest entry on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart for the week ending September 2, 2005, hitting #43 with a bullet. The controversial song's incredible ascension up the Top 50 on this chart marks a landmark achievement for an indie recording. Shot in September, the song's video By Renowned Director John Landrum (Radiohead) is being serviced to the dance clubs across America which are spinning “Jesus.” Tay's multi-faceted involvement in both the musical and production aspects of the picture is also breaking ground for women of color in the film industry. Tay is one of the film's co-producers, composed the score and aside from “Jesus By 45,” has several other original songs featured on the soundtrack, including "Caf é Song." Set in Dallas , Texas , the film juxtaposes an ordinary, middle class, church-going gay couple against a homophobic, reactionary young man and his co-horts. Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy find their usually peaceful existence threatened when Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher, moves in and steadily grows more menacing in his behavior towards them. When a hate crime is committed against them, Robbie's quest for justice takes him outside the realm of the authorities, igniting a series of unexpected consequences and revelations. HATE CRIME stars Seth Peterson ( Providence ) as Robbie, with Bruce Davison ( X-Men 1 & 2 , Runaway Jury ), Giancarlo Esposito ( Usual Suspects , Homicide: Life on the Street ), Cindy Pickett ( Ferris Bueller's Day Off ), Chad Donella ( Final Destination ), Susan Blakely ( The Towering Inferno ), and Lin Shaye ( There's Something About Mary ) among the ensemble cast. RECAP EVENT DETAILS: March 17@ 6:30pm Screening followed by Q & A with the filmmaker and Clarence Patton, Executive Director of the Anti-Violence Project;
Multi - Award Winning Film * * * “Jesus By 45,” Ebony Tay's Incendiary End Title Theme To The movie that has been called a "hypnotic, unforgettable story" by PlanetOut, Hate Crime will be released in select theaters in New York, Dallas, Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and Toronto via Pasidg Productions. Writer/Director/Producer Tommy Stovall's Hate Crime has been an enormous success throughout 2005 on the independent film festival circuit, including awards for Best Supporting Actor (Chad Donella) and Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye) at the Breckenridge Festival of Film. Stovall also won at Breckenridge for Best Director, for garnering amazing performances from his actors. The film has been playing to great success in Barcelona , Germany, Italy, and i n addition to its showings at the prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival, Hate Crime garnered the Best Feature/Audience Choice Award and Best Feature/Executive Director's Choice Award at The 2005 Sedona International Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Award at the 2005 Q Cinema in Ft Worth, TX. The reaction from DJs and radio programmers from the Bible Belt to Hawaii to “Jesus By 45” has been fierce and explosive, propelling New York DJ Mike Cruz's remix of film composer Ebony Tay's unforgettable end title theme to Tommy Stovall's critically acclaimed independent film Hate Crime into the Top 20. For the week ending October 7, 2005, “Jesus By 45” is at #20 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart. The song was previously the second highest entry on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart for the week ending September 2, 2005, hitting #43 with a bullet. The controversial song's incredible ascension up the Top 50 on this chart marks a landmark achievement for an indie recording.
Set in Dallas , Texas , the film juxtaposes an ordinary, middle class, church-going gay couple against a homophobic, reactionary young man and his co-horts. Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy find their usually peaceful existence threatened when Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher, moves in and steadily grows more menacing in his behavior towards them. When a hate crime is committed against them, Robbie's quest for justice takes him outside the realm of the authorities, igniting a series of unexpected consequences and revelations.
March 16-22 @ 9pm every night April 28 * More Dates TBA
HATE CRIME The movie that has been called a "hypnotic, unforgettable story" by PlanetOut, HATE CRIME is slated to screen at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in New York City March 16-23, 2006. Stovall's Hate Crime has been an enormous success throughout 2005 on the independent film festival circuit, including awards for Best Supporting Actor (Chad Donella) and Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye) at the Breckenridge Festival of Film. Stovall also won at Breckenridge for Best Director, for garnering amazing performances from his actors. In addition to its showings at the prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival, Hate Crime garnered the Best Feature/Audience Choice Award and Best Feature/Executive Director's Choice Award at The 2005 Sedona International Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Award at the 2005 Q Cinema in Ft Worth, TX. The film has been playing to great success in Barcelona , Germany and Italy , and foreign distribution is on its way. Set in Dallas , Texas , the film juxtaposes an ordinary, middle class, church-going gay couple against a homophobic, reactionary young man and his co-horts. Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy find their usually peaceful existence threatened when Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher, moves in and steadily grows more menacing in his behavior towards them. When a hate crime is committed against them, Robbie's quest for justice takes him outside the realm of the authorities, igniting a series of unexpected consequences and revelations. HATE CRIME stars Seth Peterson ( Providence ) as Robbie, with Bruce Davison ( X-Men 1 & 2 , Runaway Jury ), Giancarlo Esposito ( Usual Suspects , Homicide: Life on the Street ), Cindy Pickett ( Ferris Bueller's Day Off ), Chad Donella ( Final Destination ), Susan Blakely ( The Towering Inferno ), and Lin Shaye ( There's Something About Mary ) among the ensemble cast. WRITER/DIRECTOR TOMMY STOVALL, COMPOSER/PRODUCER EBONY TAY AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARC STERLING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS FROM MARCH 16-17 IN NEW YORK CITY The Two Boots Pioneer Theater is located at: Price Range: $6.50 - $9.00
“JESUS BY 45,” EBONY TAY'S
"Jesus By 45," Ebony Tay's Explosive End Title Theme to Acclaimed Indie Film "Hate Crime" Stirs Controversy as it Hits the Top 30 on the Billboard Dance Club Play Chart Singer-songwriter Ebony Tay's controversial song “Jesus By 45” continues to convince nervous DJs by jumping to #29 on Billboard's Hot Club Dance Play Chart for this week. The reaction from Dance Culture and radio programmers from the Bible Belt to Hawaii to “Jesus by 45” has been loud, fierce and fearful – but that hasn't stopped New York DJ Mike Cruz's remix of the provocative end title theme to Tommy Stovall's critically acclaimed independent film Hate Crime from becoming one of this summer's most unforgettable dance floor hits.
EBONY TAY FEELS THE MUSICAL LOVE
Composing music several years ago for a short film about domestic violence in conjunction with the premiere of the Clint Eastwood film Absolute Power, Canadian singer/songwriter Ebony Tay-then an upstart in the world of film composing--received a life-changing piece of advice from the legendary actor/director: "Never work on anything you're not passionate about." Taking those words to heart just a few years later, Tay draws on some deep-seated personal life experiences to create a masterful, eclectic score for director Tommy Stovall's controversial new indie film Hate Crimes-which was recently named Best Feature at the 2005 Sedona International Film Festival. The film, a testament to the power of love and the destructive nature of radical religion-based prejudice, also placed as Official Selections at the Newport Beach Film Festival and Palm Springs Film Festival and is set to premiere at OutFest, Los Angeles' biggest film festival, in July. Working with her trio of bassist Mark Corben and drummer/percussionist Billy Hawn, Tay (on guitar and vocals) has been performing selections from the haunting score before most screenings, which, she says, "puts the audience in the perfect mood to see the film. We're trying to draw attention to the fact that modern society is slow to include gaybashing in hate crime legislation." In addition to composing the score to Hate Crime, which features a soul-stirring blend of classical, African tribal music and religious choir influences, Tay-who completed the entire suite in only four weeks—also wrote the powerful and sweeping, gospel-flavored end credits theme "Jesus Was Crucified By A 45," featuring the Children of the World choir and some lyrics penned by Stovall himself. "I wrote the score from a dual perspective as both a composer and a singer/songwriter," starting with my piano and guitar but envisioning other instruments along the way," she says. "The premise of the score is a mix of traditional orchestral elements with more eclectic flavors. I wanted Tommy to be a hands-on part of the process, so I would write out melodies and themes, then run them by him. He trusted me completely, but rather than just score his vision, I was helping him, in this organic state, tailor his movie as well. Working with The Section Quartet, I created the traditional material in the spirit of Wagner and Beethoven, then reflected the whole social tribalism theme with African sounds. "I mixed the African thumb piano with electric guitar, and added tabla and a few clay drums and cellos," Tay adds. "I applied each instrument to a different character in the film. The Quartet represents the angels, the violins are (lead character and tragic victim) Trey. When Bruce Davison's character Pastor Boyd comes on, he's the upright bass aka the 'devil's violin.' Tommy was a big fan of Clint Mansell's score for Requiem for a Dream, and I aimed to come up with an earthier version of that. So I also brought in Eastern items like a Tibetan horn and water jugs. So there's the Tibetan religious meditation music and then the gospel choir representing Christianity. All of the musicians put so much passion into the sessions. The movie may be called Hate Crime, but there was so much love behind it." Tay met Stovall through her good friend, actor and fellow Canadian Chad Donella (Final Destination, Shattered Glass with Peter Sarsgaard), who had already been cast in Hate Crime as the troubled antagonist character Chris Boyd. The concept of the film, centered around prejudice and hostility towards gay people, struck an immediate chord. Several years earlier, she experienced the loss of a close relative after he was shunned by his prominent family upon disclosing his sexual orientation, which then led to his death; he had also previously been the victim of a violent hate crime. Tay sent Stovall a copy of her song, "The Life," which chronicles this sad tale while contemplating the question, If Jesus were to sing a song to her relative in raw form, what would he say? Stovall became an immediate fan, and Tay told him of her incredible life and journey through the music industry: At ten days old, the Japanese-Jamaican girl was adopted by a Scotch-Irish gold miner and his Finnish wife in the tiny town of South Porcupine , Ontario . Her adopted mother took in 44 foster children over the years, in addition to having 10 children of her own, who were Tay 's older brothers and sisters as she grew up. Hate Crime's opening theme " Springbank Park " and " Lawson Road " draws upon her experiences from high school in London , Ontario watching young people struggle with their sexuality and race issues. For her, London , Ontario is a key city in her development because of this renowned park. Though she was always drawn to music, her first great passion was athletics. She was nationally ranked in Canada as an 800 and 1500 meter runner during her high school years until an injury slowed her. During her recovery, she got hooked on bodybuilding and later evolved into a top competitive triathlete. Her life changed radically after a two year period during which she suffered bouts of blindness, paralysis and deafness. All of these contributed to her pursuit of a deeper spirituality and a new focus on her musical career. After struggling for years to sing in a conventional woman's alto range, Tay had an emotional musical breakthrough while working with well-known producer David Kershenbaum (Cat Stevens, Joe Jackson, Tracy Chapman). After numerous trials and errors, they realized that her voice was a baritone, and this demanded that she play a rare instrument: a modified Martin half-bass/half-guitar, customized for her by master guitar maker Dan Neely. In 1999, record mogul Chris Blackwell (Bob Marley, U2, PJ Harvey) signed her to a deal, and she was later signed by EMI Capitol and worked with Chris Venner (Nine Inch Nails) and Krish Sarma (Perry Farrell). Tay is currently mixing her indie debut Stories of the Firehorse, which is set for release June 15. An eclectic acoustic storytelling project spotlighting her brilliant songwriting and performing, the collection features top session musicians James Gadson (Otis Redding, Beck, Paul McCartney), Lenny Castro, John Pena, Matt Lawg (Alanis Morrisette), Jeremy Rumonoz (who wrote "I Try" with Macy Gray) and Jamie Mulheulbrac (Seal). "I chose Ebony to do the score for Hate Crime initially because of her immediate excitement about the project and her desire to make the movie edgy through the score," says Stovall. "I recognized that this movie had deep personal meaning for her and she seemed to really get what I was going for. She threw her heart and soul into the project and she was able to attract other highly talented musicians through her enthusiasm. Her belief and passion is infectious and she's been a huge cheerleader for this project. The end result has been a wonderfully unique score that gives this movie the edge we were going for. When I watched the finished movie for the first time, complete with score, I was ecstatic because the music took the movie to another level."
HATE CRIME *** 17 th New York , Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Film Festival “Are you familiar with www.GodHatesFags.com ?” asked filmmaker Tommy Stovall at a recent Q&A session following a screening of his directorial debut effort, HATE CRIME . An audience member had asked whether some of the bigoted characters in the film were over the top, and Stovall mentioned the site to illustrate that life is indeed sometimes stranger than fiction. The controversial website, which has gotten over 5 million hits to date, is among the source material that Stovall mined in writing his screenplay about a hate crime perpetrated against an openly gay man by a neighbor. He also drew on numerous news reports and articles on the topic of gay bashing and hate crimes against gays, as well as on his own experiences growing up as a gay person in a small town in central Texas . Already a hit on the independent film festival circuit, including the prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival, HATE CRIME recently garnered the Best Feature/Audience Choice Award and Best Feature/Executive Director's Choice Award at The 2005 Sedona International Film Festival and will next screen as an official selection at the 2005 NewFest in New York City on June 3. Set in Dallas , Texas , the film juxtaposes an ordinary, middle class, church-going gay couple against a homophobic, reactionary young man and his co-horts. Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy find their usually peaceful existence threatened when Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher, moves in and steadily grows more menacing in his behavior towards them. When a hate crime is committed against them, Robbie's quest for justice takes him outside the realm of the authorities, igniting a series of unexpected consequences and revelations. HATE CRIME stars Seth Peterson ( Providence ) as Robbie, with Bruce Davison ( X-Men 1 & 2 , Runaway Jury ), Giancarlo Esposito ( Usual Suspects , Homicide: Life on the Street ), Cindy Pickett ( Ferris Bueller's Day Off ), Chad Donella ( Final Destination ), Susan Blakely ( The Towering Inferno ), and Lin Shaye ( There's Something About Mary ) among the ensemble cast. WRITER/DIRECTOR TOMMY STOVALL AND COMPOSER EBONY TAY ARE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS FROM JUNE 2 – JUNE 4 IN NEW YORK CITY
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