a documentary by Roy Kirkland and Doug Sebastian. On the morning of Wednesday, July 21, 1993, an incident occurred in the small South Georgia town of Willacoochee. Two gay men were awakened to find a seven-foot charred cross in their front yard. Compounding the problem were comments made by a Willacoochee City Council member who said he was not surprised by the incident because the town is largely anti-gay. However the cross burning was just the beginning. A few weeks later their mailbox was destroyed followed by the death threats on their answering machine. Then the unthinkable occurred, their home burned to ruins. Roy Kirkland and Doug Sebastian had no idea that after all that happened, the worst was yet to come. This compelling documentary reveals how two men became victims of a hate crime and battled one of the largest insurance companies in the world. Fifteen years later, they tell their story about the time they lived through: “A Cross Burning in Willacoochee”.
