A look at the gay hate crim that plagued Sydney's astal suburbs durg the '80s and '90s through the ey of the survivors, wns, fai of victims, journalists and ex-police.
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DEEP WATER: WERE 30 UNSOLVED SYDNEY ATHS REALLY GAY HATE CRIM?
Deep Water: The Real Story: Directed by Amanda Blue. Wh David McMahon, Sue Thompson, Peter Rsell, Ted Rsell. Up to 80 murrs, 30 unsolved s, thoands of asslts. In the 1980s and 1990s a murro epimic grips Sydney. The attackers are uned by ntempt. Their targets uned by their sexual inty. All are gay. For the first time, DEEP WATER: THE REAL STORY prents the full acunt of the gay hate crime epimic that bloodied Sydney's astle. It stirs up old s the hope that new evince will rise to the surface and brg peace and jtice to the loved on left behd." data-id="ma * deep water documentary gay *
Share This:Deep Water: The Real Story is a documentary film about the gay hate crim that plagued Sydney the 1980s and 1990s.
The hatred towards gay people and the petency of the NSW Police Force this time is more than unvered what is an eye openg documentatn of the high level of homophobia that existed Sydney ls than 30 years ago.
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For the first time ever, the unsolved aths om 30 potential gay hate crim (of 80 total, as well as thoands of asslts) are beg re-examed and exposed, each more tail than the NSW Police Force ever mted to. To set some ntext; by 1984, homosexualy had been crimalised New South Wal.
By 1986 AIDS had gripped the gay muny. Fear based advertisg mpaigns, and a general hatred towards gay people meant they were seen as lser human begs than the rt of society, and therefore worthy of bashg and killg. Old news footage of people talkg and lghg about their hatred of gay people ma several appearanc as did stori of the mistreatment of gay people by Police Officers.
The officers ma no effort to fd those rponsible for the bashg and killgs of gay people, and some s, they were the culprs themselv. Fay, lleagu and iends of ceased loved on, a former Gay and Lbian Consultant for the NSW Police, a former Deputy State Coroner, and an vtigative journalist are among the many who talk about the crim that took place at Bondi on the astal cliffs of Sydney. All are gay.