The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime

Unfortunately the makers of this documentary have chosen to allot only a portion of the documentary to Matthew Shepard and his story; the second half of this documentary is spent on talking about trans issues, current politics in Florida and Texas, and bringing on a host of random people who have no relation whatsoever to Matthew Shepard's story or life to talk about current political events like how upset they were when Trump was elected, moves to prevent children from taking puberty blockers, and basically everything under the sun that has nothing to do with Matthew Shepard; it's a tragic waste of bandwidth that should have belonged to Matthew.

Matthew wasn't trans. Matthew wasn't politically involved. What happened to him was a travesty, and the whole story deserved more attention than it was given - about thirty minutes. Why the documentary makers didn't let people get to know Matthew as a human being, didn't discuss the perpetrators of this murder, and didn't even try to interview the perpetrators, their friends and family, or the people of Laramie is a strange and negligent decision.

Matthew still deserves his documentary.