All tagged prison rape

I Watched It So You Don't Have To: Scum (1979)

I Watched It So You Don't Have To: Scum (1979)

Jenna Ipcar
Essays

Empathy just one of the themes of Alan Clarke’s Scum, about England’s notorious Borstal youth detention center. It’s a harrowing watch, here to remind you that these prison systems benefit from society’s ability to look the other way when the truth becomes too uncomfortable to witness.

Michael Greer, Out and Proud in Hollywood

Michael Greer, Out and Proud in Hollywood

Jenna Ipcar
Lists

You may not have heard of him, but Michael Greer managed to make a modest but impressive dent in the oppressively straight world of cinema in the late '60s and early '70s. Greer went from comedy clubs to the silver screen without ever pretending he was anything other than what he was – unabashedly out of the closet.