Anatomy of a Hate Crime

• Movies
• 2001-01-01
• EN
• Released
• 2h 30m
• Drama - TV Movie

• 3.5
• 4

Production

Team Entertainment

Storyline

This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney, who left their victim to die. Flashbacks paint a picture of Shepard's life and provide insight into why the killers, who initially set out to rob the young man, would commit such a brutal murder.