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I didn’t want anyone to think that we were making things up. We had a problem with the film in that this part of the film was so dramatic yet so hard to see. MF: That’s the work of a very talented woman, Molly Schwarts. It was a common denial that there was anything going on.ĮBONY: The opening of the film is a grotesquely beautiful retelling of Simone’s attack using only white lines on a stark black background and her voice. I’m afraid for me, and my daughter.” That’s how the film came about. They tried to kill me because I’m lesbian and kill my brother Carl, who is also gay. She was like, “Look, I just got shot twice. People were being killed with machetes and burned alive in their houses. Person after person had the most horrific tales. It is gays against gays.” So I interviewed people in the gay community and found that was not the case. While interviewing former Parliamentarian Ernest Smith, he said, “There was no violence against gays. The culture of homophobia drives the gay men underground, and the law paralyzes the public health system. Their reasoning is directly related to the laws. Thirty-three percent of gay men in Jamaica are HIV positive and we wanted to discover why. It is the highest in the western hemisphere.
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Micah Fink: I was commissioned by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Journalism to create a miniseries to investigate the fact that Jamaica has one of the world’s largest percentages of HIV-positive gay men. In light of these alarming statistics, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in support of director and producer Micah Fink created The Abominable Crime, an award-winning documentary depicting homophobia in Jamaica through following two stories: the attempted murder of a young lesbian mother named Simone and her efforts to flee the island and the campaign of Maurice Tomlinson, an outed gay LGBT activist determined to remain in Jamaica and fight the Buggery Law despite numerous threats against his life.ĮBONY: How did you first become aware of the situation in Jamaica, and what prompted you to make this documentary?
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Homosexuality was labeled an “abominable” disease spread by pedophiles, purportedly linked to the spread of HIV and AIDS.
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The law went widely unenforced until the late 1980s and early ’90s, when the introduction of anti-gay rhetoric from televangelists Pat Robertson and Jimmy Swaggart developed a hatred of biblical proportions throughout the devoutly Christian island. In 1864, the British colonizers imposed the “Offenses Against the Person” act or the “Buggery Law”-which defines “the abominable crime” of anal sex (including sex between consenting adults) as illegal and punishable by up to seven years in prison. Yes, homosexuality in Jamaica is actually illegal due to an antiquated law on the books. Another 85 percent don’t think it should be legalized. A 2011 national survey on attitudes and perceptions in Jamaica conducted by the University of the West Indies found that 82 percent of Jamaicans feel homosexuality is wrong. In 2006, Time labeled Jamaica the most homophobic place in the world. In a laid-back island nation whose greatest contributions to the world are considered to be Bob Marley’s loving music catalogue promoting peace and love and Usain Bolt’s superhuman speed, it’s surprising to learn that hate crimes are rampant and quickly gaining ground. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on Email