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Hardison, Whitt and Karen Glave ably lead the supporting scroll". Harvey also mentions the "racism and homophobia" being played out in the 1950s murder trial, and highlights the brief prelude to the movie where an older Vance (Charlie's lawyer) is seen in 1989 watching in disgust as the white perpetrators in
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Set in 1957, Charlie is a Black 18 year old male who is secretly gay. He is accused of killing a young white man in a nearby park late at night. The white man was one of seven young white men, who had ganged up and murdered his secret boyfriend David Mercer, who is also white, during a hate crime
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