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The Laramie Project

2002 · 95 min

A solemn, interview-driven mosaic that immerses you in a town's reckoning with its own prejudice, leaving a heavy but necessary emotional residue.

Directed by
Moisés Kaufman
Genres
Crime, Drama, Tv movie
Tagline
Everyone carries a piece of the truth.
Overview
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year period. The film adaptation dramatizes the troupe's visit, using the actual words from the transcripts to create a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.

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Directed by
Moisés Kaufman
Genres
Crime, Drama, Tv movie
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • identity
  • grief
  • morality
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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