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Julio of Jackson Heights (2016) | Slate

Julio of Jackson Heights

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Rated 5.7 on TMDB

Julio of Jackson Heights

Julio Rivera, a Bronx-born Puerto Rican hustler, was murdered in a schoolyard in Jackson Heights, Queens on July 2, 1990, by three young men looking to clean up their neighborhood by 'stretching out a gay guy', but instead the murder sparked the coming out of New York's largest and until then most closeted LGBTQ community.

Released: 2016
Runtime: 1h 30m

Direction and writing

Richard ShpuntoffDirector

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