ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

At the height of the bullying scandal that rocked the U.S. in 2008, a 15-year-old boy named Larry King asked another boy to be his valentine in a suburban schoolyard in California. The next day Larry was dead, shot in cold blood by his 14-year-old crush Brandon McInerney. At turns shocking, devastating, and outrageous, VALENTINE ROAD bores deeply into the homophobia, sexism, racism, and class-struggle that inform everyday American life—and reveals an American justice system that is utterly unprepared to deal with the realities of teenage crime and punishment. Directed by first-time feature documentarian Marta Cunningham, VALENTINE ROAD is an unforgettable exposé of society’s pervasive and deadly intolerance of young people who don’t conform to its gender “norms.” World premiered at Sundance 2013, this film will both break your heart and fire you up into action.

FESTIVALS
2013: Sundance, Thessaloniki, HotDocs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Seattle International, Frameline, Newfest

AWARDS
Jury Award Winner for Best Documentary (Frameline), Audience Award for Outstanding Feature Film (Newfest)

FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World