Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

“Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders” peels back the layers of controversy surrounding the making of the 1980 infamous thriller, “Cruising.” Directed by William Friedkin, CRUISING triggered fierce protests from the LGBTQ+ community for its portrayal of a serial killer targeting gay men in New York’s leather bars. Friedkin drew inspiration from the brutal murder of Variety reporter Addison Verrill, blurring the boundaries between cinematic fiction and real-life tragedy, and director Jeffrey Schwarz (VITO, I AM DIVINE, TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL) brings his own signature piercing deep-dive flair to unearth a thrilling “commercial” story and a political relevance rarely seen in combination today.