Matthew Shepard was a friend of hers

Matthew Shepard’s friends and family are finally ready to talk about him. After 12 years, they are making a film that looks pretty amazing. Even the cinematography looks nice, which is a rarity in docs. If you’ll recall, Shepard was beaten to death in a small Wyoming town called Laramie. He was robbed of $20 and his shoes, tied to a picket fence in the desert and left to perish. Eighteen hours later, he did just that. Back their project on Kickstarter.

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