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What happens when intolerance and hatred lead to tragedy? A
Service for Jeremy presents one scenario. Fifteen-year-old Jeremy is abducted and beaten
to death by fellow high school students because he is gay. Such tragedies are routinely
played out in various forms across the country as victims are targeted because they are
Black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, poor, gay, or just different. This video closely follows a
handful of students through the days immediately following the murder of Jeremy. From the
confessions of the killers to the media coverage, visitation, and final service for the
dead teenager, students question the forces that led to Jeremy’s murder and grapple
with the task of organizing a memorial service for a student few people really knew.
Interspersed with comments and opinions from a variety of professionals, this fast-paced
drama explores the doubts, prejudices, compassion, inhumanity, and overall decency of a
group of teens at what could easily be any high school in the country. What would you do
if this happened at your school? Do you really think no one would care?
A Cambridge Educational Production.
One 47-minute video.
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