Forty years after a gay Apache man was framed for the murder of a Catholic priest, long-buried evidence is uncovered that could finally prove his innocence in this deeply moving yet uplifting documentary.

In 1981, the naked body of a closeted Catholic priest was found bound and mutilated in a seedy motel outside Odessa, Texas. 23 year-old James Harry Reyos was the last person seen with him alive. Despite evidence he was out of state at the time of the crime, the prosecution exploited homophobia and racism to convict and sentence him to 38 years in prison. Decades later, the Chief of Police uncovers fingerprints that would have exonerated him of the crime, and forges a rare alliance with the Innocence Project to rebuild James’ case to try finally clear his name.

Peabody-winning journalist Deborah S. Esquenazi (Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four, QSFF16) sensitively exposes how a racist and homophobic justice system failed him, his ongoing trauma amidst a harrowing ordeal, and the way a community rallied around him in the fight for justice.

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