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ABC News Nightline. Gay in middle America: one town's struggle with religion and bigotry

Author: ABC News.; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, ©2006.
Edition/Format:  DVD video : English
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An excellent sociological case study, this ABC News program examines the plight of Michael Shackelford, a 17-year-old homosexual struggling for acceptance in small-town Oklahoma. The video outlines the development of Shackelford's situation: his early awareness of his sexual orientation, his inability to conform and placate his mother, the attention he receives in a Washintong Post article, and the subsequent media  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource, Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: ABC News.; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
OCLC Number: 68569683
Notes: Originally broadcast on Nightline, January 12, 2005.
Performer(s): Hosted by Ted Koppel.
Description: 1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD.
Other Titles: Gay in middle America:
Nightline (Television program)
Responsibility: ABC News.

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An excellent sociological case study, this ABC News program examines the plight of Michael Shackelford, a 17-year-old homosexual struggling for acceptance in small-town Oklahoma. The video outlines the development of Shackelford's situation: his early awareness of his sexual orientation, his inability to conform and placate his mother, the attention he receives in a Washintong Post article, and the subsequent media abuse he and his church endure as a result. Complex and surprising in its observations--especially those concerning Shackelford's Bible Belt community--the program sheds light on America's increasingly troublesome cultural division.

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Gay in Middle America: One Town’s Struggle with Religion and Bigotry

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Originally broadcast as a Nightline segment, this program focuses on Michael Shackelford a gay teenager in Oklahoma and reactions of his family, friends, church and community as he tries to deal with his sexuality in the very religious local community. Anxiety and tensions in the community are...
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