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A CROSS BURNING IN WILLACOOCHEE

NEWS FLASH-THIS JUST IN: A Cross Burning in Willacoochee has won an award in the documentary category at the New York International Independent Film Festival. "Your documentary was one of the "stronger" ones, even though we had a lot of really good docs in the fest. So you can go ahead put this in print, "Documentary Award Winner". **OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE 2009 ATLANTA OUT ON FILM FESTIVAL OCT 4**OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE 2009 NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL OCTOBER 22-29;** On the morning of Wednesday, July 21, 1993, an incident occurred in the small South Georgia town of Willacoochee. Two gay men were awakened to find a seven-foot charred cross in their front yard. Further compounding the problem were comments made by a Willacoochee City Council member who said he was not surprised by the incident because the town is largely anti-gay. The Chief of Police said it was probably a "bunch of n-gg-rs down the road that did it". However, the cross burning was just the beginning. A few weeks later their mailbox was destroyed followed by the death threats on their answering machine. Then the unthinkable occurred, their home burned to ruins. Roy Kirkland and Doug Sebastian had no idea that after all that had happened, the worst was yet to come concerning one of the nations largest Insurance Companies. This compelling documentary reveals how filmmakers Doug Sebastian and Roy Kirkland, both hate crime victims, come together to dig further into the ...