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20| Diversity Rules Magazine |July 2023 The HBO Original four-part documentary series LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK from director Anthony Caronna ("Pride") and execu ve producer Howard Gertler (HBO's Oscar®- nominated "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," "How To Survive A Plague") debuts SUNDAY, JULY 9 (9:00- 10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max, with new episodes debu ng subse- quent Sundays at the same me. Execu ve producers of the series include Charlize Theron, Liz Garbus, Dan Cogan, Jon Bardin, and Kate Barry, and it is a produc- on of Story Syndicate (HBO's "I'll Be Gone In The Dark"), and based on the award-winning book "Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust and Murder in Queer New York" by Elon Green. Synopsis: In the early 1990s, with homophobia and hate crimes on the rise as the AIDS crisis worsens, a serial killer preys upon gay men in New York City, infil- tra ng queer nightlife to find his vic ms. A gripping, inves ga ve crime story, LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK also dives deeply into the prejudices and a tudes of the mes, when deep-rooted biases in the criminal jus ce system and the media's distorted public percep on of the vic ms undermined the inves ga on and enabled a brutal killer to prey on a marginalized populace. The com- plexi es of the closet combined with a long-standing mistrust of law enforcement further complicated the case. It also highlights the heroic efforts of ac v- ists, including the NYC An -Violence Project, to force law enforcement to recognize and protect the queer community. Through exclusive archival and first- me interviews with ac vists, inves gators, and family members, LAST CALL: WHEN A SERIAL KILLER STALKED QUEER NEW YORK illuminates how the LGBTQ+ community fought to solve the murders and demand fair treat- ment of queer crime vic ms. Their work remains rel- evant today. Episode 1: Debut date: SUNDAY, JULY 9 (9:00-10:00 p.m. p.m. ET/PT) When a dismembered body is found in New Jersey in 1992, the crime scene poses striking similari es to a murder a year prior — a case that went cold. Both vic ms were affluent and closeted men, last seen at a piano bar in Manha an. The An -Violence Project pushes the police to inves gate a poten- al serial killer stalking gay men in New York City. Episode 2: Debut date: SUNDAY, JULY 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. p.m. ET/PT) A third vic m is part of the world of the queer com- munity's most vulnerable popula on: sex workers of color. While the AVP is pressuring the NYPD and media to connect the murders, another piece of evi- dence leads inves gators to Staten Island. Episode 3: Debut date: SUNDAY, JULY 23 (9:00-10:00 p.m. p.m. ET/PT) A clear pa ern of a serial killer emerges with a fourth murder, promp ng the crea on of a mul -jurisdic- onal task force and the first coverage from na onal newspapers. An eyewitness leads to a huge break: a poten al name and descrip on of the suspect. Episode 4: Debut date: SUNDAY, JULY 30 (9:00-10:00 p.m. p.m. ET/PT) A break in forensic technology leads inves gators to a suspect: a nurse living on Staten Island. The next step is to decipher his past—a quest that takes them back almost 30 years to a murder in Maine—and to make sure he doesn't evade jus ce. Par cipants: Crime scene inves gators and law en- forcement officers from mul ple jurisdic ons are joined on camera by Bea Hanson, Ma Foreman and David Wertheimer formerly of the NYC An -Violence Project, Marrero, Sakara and Mulcahy family mem- bers, former lovers, friends and associates of the vic- ms. Credits: HBO Documentary Films presents LAST CALL a Story Syndicate Produc on in associa on with Li le Punk, a Series by Anthony Caronna & Howard Gertler. Directed by Anthony Caronna; execu ve produced by Howard Gertler, Liz Garbus, Dan Cogan, Jon Bardin, Kate Barry, Anthony Caronna, Elon Green, Charlize Theron, Beth Kono, AJ Dix, and Ma Maher. Produc- ers Yusef Alsuhaimi and Grace Fardella. For HBO: ex- ecu ve producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, and Tina Nguyen. Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York Debuts July 9 on HBO

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