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Theme: Murder

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Producer(s)	Martha Swetzoff, Jane Gillooly
Director(s)	Martha Swetzoff
Release Date	1999
Runtime	54 min
Format(s)	16mm, video
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	no
Educational Materials	Yes

Film Description

A real life story of murder, secrets and sexuality, set in the art world of the 50's and 60's, Theme: Murder takes the viewer on an immersive journey into the struggles and frustrations of living with an unsolved homicide.

The filmmaker was nine years old in 1968 when her father, the Boston art dealer Hyman Swetzoff, was beaten and left to die in his home. Martha's search to make sense of her father's unsolved murder uncovers the price of homophobia and also reveals many of the subtle attitudes that accompany murder. Probing and disquieting, using lush visual and aural textures in contrast with the brutality of its subject, this film presents the experience of homicide from the inside out.