In October 1998, Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left to die. His shocking murder pushed the town of Laramie into the media spotlight and sparked a nationwide debate about homophobia, gay-bashing and hate crimes. In LARAMIE - INSIDE OUT, filmmaker Beverly Seckinger, a native of the Wyoming community, returns home to the site of her own closeted adolescence to investigate the impact of Shepard's murder. She encounters students, teachers, parents and clergy suddenly moved to speak out and take social action. While the film is a story with far-reaching implications it is also intensely personal. In her own words and through home movies and photos, Seckinger recounts her own life journey and the pain of her years of carrying a deep secret.
