In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's death—with unnerving detail. Stockard Channing delivers an unforgettable, Emmy® Award-winning performance as Matthew's grieving mother, Judy, in a story of a murder that moved a nation to action. Also starring Law & Order's Sam Waterston.

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Written by: John Wierick & Jacob Krueger
Release date: 2002-03-16
Runtime: 92 minutes
Cast:
Stockard Channing Stockard Channing
Judy Shepard 
Shane Meier Shane Meier
Matthew Shepard 
Wendy Crewson Wendy Crewson
Sarah 
Kristen Thomson Kristen Thomson
Romaine Patterson 
Yani Gellman Yani Gellman
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