Prayers for Bobby
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Prayers for Bobby chronicles the story of a homophobic Christian fanatic who caused he son’s suicide into a committed gay activist. The LA Times has an article chronicling the struggle to make the movie.
“It wasn’t my goal to judge Mary, to make her sympathetic or unsympathetic. I was there to tell the story as accurately as I could,” said Weaver. “It was about a mother trying to find her way, who loved her son so much but was a victim of misinformation — from books and from the church.”
Negative viewer perception has been a concern for the real Mary Griffith, now 74. “I didn’t realize until I saw the [completed] movie just how far over the top I really was,” said Griffith. “My saving grace is the fact that, back then, I didn’t know what I was doing.”
Prayers for Bobby profiles the making of a gay activist
